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Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2023 Dec 10;36(2):e14724. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14724

Table 4.

Correlation between psychological measures in children with disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs)

	Total CSI	CSI GI subscale	CSI non-GI subscale	Past coping efficacy	Future coping efficacy	State anxiety (STAIC1)	Trait anxiety (STAIC2)
Total CSI	1	0.84	0.98	−0.07	−0.08	−0.14	0.50
CSI GI subscale		1	0.70	−0.05	−0.10	−0.12	0.34
CSI non-GI subscale			1	−0.07	−0.06	−0.13	0.52
Past coping efficacy				1	0.43	0.15	−0.21
Future coping efficacy					1	0.17	−0.06
State anxiety (STAIC1)						1	−0.08
Trait anxiety (STAIC2)							1

Significant Pearson correlation (p-value < 0.05) are in bold; STAIC 1: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children

– State Anxiety; STAIC 2: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children – Trait Anxiety; CSI: Children’s Somatization Inventory; GI: Gastrointestinal