Table 3.

Relationship between various psychosocial factors and mental health of MS patients

Item	Somatization	Obsession	Interpersonal relationship	Depression	Anxiety	Hostility	Horror	Paranoia	Psychosis
Life events scores	0.391∗∗	0.229∗	0.271∗	0.449∗∗	0.275∗	0.243∗	0.117	0.195	0.242∗
Positive life events scores	0.141	0.111	0.040	-0.090	0.184	-0.037	0.000	0.100	-0.051
Negative life events scores	0.409∗∗	0.229∗	0.299∗∗	0.470∗∗	0.258∗	0.278∗	0.129	0.199	0.292∗∗
Problems of family life	0.441∗∗	0.237∗	0.326∗∗	0.437∗∗	0.254∗	0.270∗	0.165	0.228∗	0.243∗
Problems of work and study	0.110	0.107	-0.036	0.195	0.147	-0.029	0.007	-0.031	0.048
Social and other aspects	0.222∗	0.176	0.157	0.250∗	0.247∗	-0.146	-0.065	0.282∗	0.194
Utilization of social support	-0.238∗	-0.201	-0.294∗∗	-0.207	-0.174	-0.090	-0.270∗	-0.182	-0.194
Subjective support	0.100	-0.167	-0.060	-0.126	-0.136	-0.242∗	0.088	-0.148	-0.050
Objective social support	0.030	0.017	-0.089	0.003	-0.022	-0.210	-0.098	-0.164	-0.101
P	0.032	-0.022	0.170	0.114	0.064	0.089	0.120	0.269∗	0.178
E	-0.209	-0.337∗∗	-0.397∗∗	-0.353∗∗	-0.296∗∗	-0.143	-0.277∗	-0.207	-0.393∗∗
N	0.265∗	0.421∗∗	0.354∗∗	0.431∗∗	0.380∗∗	0.299∗∗	0.231∗	0.467∗∗	0.294∗∗
L	0.024	-0.032	-0.036	-0.039	0.001	-0.121	-0.121	-0.138	-0.071

^∗∗p< 0.01,

^∗0.01 <p<0.05.