Table 2.
Correlations between the Five Variables of Interest,* and Means ± Standard Deviations (SD) of Variables in the Original Scale and after Square-Root Transformation
| Psychoticism | Hostility | Hopelessness | Perceived Hassles | Depression | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychoticism | 1 | ||||
| Hostility | 0.68 | 1 | |||
| Hopelessness | 0.42 | 0.41 | 1 | ||
| Perceived Hassles | 0.66 | 0.55 | 0.35 | 1 | |
| Depression | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 1 |
| Mean ± SD | |||||
| Original Scale | 6.60 ± 7.70 | 4.69 ± 4.92 | 2.87 ± 3.45 | 90.72 ± 23.46 | 14.57 ± 11.29 |
| Transformed | 2.10 ± 1.49 | 1.76 ± 1.26 | 1.34 ± 1.04 | 9.45 ± 1.23 | 3.47 ± 1.60 |
*
All correlations are statistically significant, P<0.001.