Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and correlations for person-level averages of all study variables and covariates
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Worriesa | — | ||||||||||
| 2. CARb | −.06 | — | |||||||||
| 3. Healthc - wave 5 | .05 | .06 | — | ||||||||
| 4. Healthc - wave 6 | −.09 | −.03 | .40*** | — | |||||||
| 5. Age | .03 | −.04 | .03 | −.05 | — | ||||||
| 6. Anxiety | .30* | .20 | .48** | .18 | −.04 | — | |||||
| 7. Cotinineb | −.10 | −.06 | −.10 | .09 | −.03 | .14 | — | ||||
| 8. Time of first cortisolb | .15 | .00 | −.05 | .08 | .30* | .08 | .15 | — | |||
| 9. Hours of sleepb | −.09 | .04 | .12 | −.08 | −.03 | −.04 | .00 | .15 | — | ||
| 10. Medication used (no = 0) | .08 | .16 | .31* | .17 | −.12 | .17 | −.12 | .14 | .15 | — | |
| 11. Sexd (female = 0) | .02 | −.12 | −.15 | −.12 | .08 | .04 | .15 | −.02 | −.09 | 1.68 | — |
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| M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
% | % | |
|
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| Total sample | 0.32 (0.27) |
0.05 (0.16) |
8.66 (4.32) |
8.57 (4.43) |
18.06 (1.09) |
0.25 (0.32) |
4.76 (21.62) |
7.39 (0.96) |
7.31 (1.71) |
22.4% — |
— |
| Females | 0.33 (0.23) |
0.07 (0.19) |
8.95 (4.05) |
9.07 (4.43) |
18.13 (1.12) |
0.24 (0.33) |
1.59 (6.50) |
7.33 (0.08) |
7.34 (169) |
28.3% — |
46% |
| Males | 0.31 (0.30) |
0.03 (0.13) |
8.37 (3.87) |
8.16 (4.51) |
17.96 (1.05) |
0.26 (0·31) |
7.81 (28.62) |
7.41 (0.95) |
7.29 (1.73) |
17.3% — |
54% |
a
Average score across 10 days;
b
Average score across 3 days;
c
Number of health symptoms;
d
χ2 is calculated for associations between two categorical variables. N = 99 except for descriptive statistics and correlations presented for wave 6 health symptoms (N = 83). CAR = Cortisol awakening response. All variables were assessed at wave 5, except for health symptoms, which were assessed at both waves 5 and wave 6.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.