Table 2.

Bivariate and partial correlations among variables of interest

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Social support	1.00	−0.30★★	–	−0.31★★	0.35★★	−0.22+	−0.04
2. Perceived Stress	−0.33★★	1.00	–	0.06	−0.23+	0.09	−0.31★★
3. BSI Global severity††	−0.21★	0.72★★	1.00	–	–	–	–
4. GSRS-IBS	−0.29★★	0.25★	0.22★	1.00	−0.53★★	0.62★★	−0.29★
5. Pain severity (SF-36)	0.33★★	−0.38★★	−0.23★	−0.58★★	1.00	−0.63★★	0.31★★
6. IBS-SSS	−0.26★★	0.27★★	0.24★	0.69★★	−0.65★★	1.00	−0.40★★
7. Quality of life	0.03	−0.48★★	−0.42★★	−0.40★★	0.39★★	−0.45★★	1.00

⁺P < 0.10,

^★P < 0.05,

^★★P < 0.01.

Bivariate correlations presented in the lower diagonal, partial correlations presented in the upper diagonal.

^††Sample size for bivarate correlations N = 105 with the exception of all correlations with BSI-GSI which have a sample size of N = 90.