. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Psychol. 2012 Mar 14;18(2):226–235. doi: 10.1177/1359105312439731

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations for key variables

Japanese	n	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5
1. Perceived support	1025	2.62	0.50	-	−0.15^***	−0.12^***	−0.08^***	0.24^***
2. Perceived stress	936	4.37	0.78		-	0.21^***	0.22^***	−0.15^***
3. Neuroticism	1023	2.11	0.56			-	0.18^***	−0.23^***
4. Number of chronic health problems	1012	2.30	1.99				-	−0.29^***
5. Self-assessed health	1027	5.78	1.66					-

Americans	n	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5

1. Perceived support	1052	3.48	0.46	-	−0.21^***	−0.24^***	−0.10^***	0.22^***
2. Perceived stress	1054	4.92	1.10		-	0.12^***	0.15^***	−0.09^***
3. Neuroticism	1050	2.03	0.63			-	0.22^***	−0.25^***
4. Number of chronic health problems	1054	2.30	2.34				-	−0.44^***
5. Self-assessed health	1054	7.49	1.40					-

Note.

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001.