Table 5.

Pearson's correlations between the LEE scale and other theoretically relevant measures (N = 262).

Measures	LEE	IN/H	AP	TO	EI	FAD	CO	AR	AI	BC
LEE	1.00
Intrusiveness/Hostility	0.584**	1.00
Attitudes towards patient	0.542**	0.543**	1.00
Tolerance	0.521**	0.524**	0.592**	1.00
Emotional involvement	0.645***	0.569**	0.553**	0.485*	1.00
FAD	−0.538**	−0.578**	−0.456*	−0.502**	−0.507**	1.00
Communication	−0.540**	−0.506**	−0.533**	−0.498**	−0.461*	0.471*	1.00
Affective responsiveness	−0.503**	−0.532**	−0.602***	−0.528**	−0.610**	0.518**	0.523**	1.00
Affective involvement	−0.541**	−0.554**	−0.557**	−0.556**	−0.679***	0.551**	0.562**	0.619***	1.00
Behavioral control	−0483*	−0.601**	−0.581**	−0.485*	−0.481*	0.538**	0.498**	0.491**	0.467*	1.00
FBIS	0.561**	0.564**	0.533**	0.504**	0.475*	−0.517**	−0.495**	−0.512**	−0.512**	−0.461*

LEE: level of expressed emotion scale, LEE subscales: IN/H: intrusiveness/hostility, AP: attitudes towards patient; TO: tolerance; and EI: emotional involvement.

FAD: family assessment device, Its subscales, CO: communication; AR: affective responsiveness; AI: affective involvement; and BC: behavioral control.

FBIS: family burden interview schedule.

*P < 0.05;**P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.