Table 2.
Correlations among social relationship variables, major depressive disorder, and depressive symptoms, Swiss health survey, 2007
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Major depressive disorder |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2. Depressive symptoms |
0.29 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
| 3. Confidant |
-0.06 |
-0.10 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| 4. Tangible support |
-0.08 |
-0.14 |
0.26 |
- |
|
|
|
| 5. Unmet support |
0.11 |
0.21 |
-0.10 |
-0.13 |
- |
|
|
| 6. Loneliness |
0.22 |
0.32 |
-0.07 |
-0.12 |
0.27 |
- |
|
| 7. Married |
-0.06 |
-0.08 |
-0.11 |
-0.02 |
-0.08 |
-0.22 |
- |
| 8. Social contact frequency | -0.06 | -0.10 | 0.19 | 0.20 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.04 |
Twelve-month major depressive disorder was assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview short form [38]. Depressive symptoms experienced over the last two weeks were assessed with the Depression Screening Questionnaire [39]. All parametric correlations incorporated the sample weights. The correlation with depressive symptoms is Spearman’s rho. Because of the large sample size all correlations are statistically significant at p < 0.05.