Table 2.
Pearson correlation coefficients (Cramer’s V for sex variable) among the different psychological processes, contextual variables, and the level of adherence/Morisky scale, in a sample of depressive patients (n = 119)
| BDI | S-E | PR-A | PR-C | HLC-I | HLC-Ch | HLC-D | HLC-O | Adherence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDI | -.61** | .28** | .42** | .01 | .35** | -.17* | -.06 | .20* | |
| S-E | -.04 | -.16 | .02 | -.14 | .15 | .26** | .04 | ||
| PR-A | .55** | -.10 | .14 | -.05 | -.00 | .32** | |||
| PR-C | -.09 | .36** | -.12 | -.04 | .25** | ||||
| HLC-I | -.03 | .18* | .14 | .01 | |||||
| HLC-Ch | .00 | .23* | .15 | ||||||
| HLC-D | .17 | -.14 | |||||||
| HLC-O | .12 | ||||||||
| Sex(1) | .58 | .40 | .50 | .33 | .48 | .57 | .48 | .48 | .18 |
| Age | .05 | .07 | -.01 | -.01 | -.10 | .02 | .10 | .13 | .16 |
| Educational level | -.08 | .18* | .00 | .07 | -.04 | -.06 | .10 | -.03 | -.06 |
| Treament duration | -.07 | .10 | .05 | .01 | .02 | .10 | -.10 | .11 | .17 |
| No. different drugs | .52** | -.27** | .23* | .17* | -.06 | .14 | -.04 | .00 | .05 |
Abbreviations: **P < .01; *P < .05; BDI Beck Depression Inventory, PR-A Psychological Reactance, Affective subscale, PR-C Psychological Reactance, Cognitive subscale, HLC-I Health Locus of Control, Internal subscale, HLC-Ch Health Locus of Control, Chance subscale, HLC-D Health Locus of Control, Doctors subscale, HLC-O Health Locus of Control, Others subscale, (1) Cramer’s V correlation.