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. 2019 Jan 31;9:1098. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37526-2

Table 3.

Pearson correlations coefficients for all subjective and objective stress measures reported by our participants or their partners.

HCC WHSn,self WHSn,partner WHSoccur,self WHSoccur,partner WHSintens,self WHSintens,partner PSSself PSSpartner TICSself TICSpartner
HCC 0.95
WHSn,self 0.17 0.84
WHSn,partner 0.02 0.26 0.88
WHSoccur,self 0.27 0.91 0.34 0.84
WHSoccur,partner 0.08 0.25 0.94 0.39 0.88
WHSintens,self 0.22 0.86 0.29 0.93 0.36 0.85
WHSintens,partner −0.01 0.24 0.89 0.38 0.95 0.37 0.87
PSSself 0.11 0.38 0.28 0.52 0.40 0.52 0.45 0.89
PSSpartner 0.22 0.16 0.48 0.34 0.56 0.31 0.65 0.54 0.87
TICSself 0.16 0.33 0.27 0.49 0.34 0.49 0.39 0.72 0.44 0.91
TICSpartner 0.04 0.16 0.42 0.28 0.53 0.26 0.60 0.42 0.70 0.43 0.91

Bold font highlights the between-informant correlations. The matrix diagonal (italic font)

lists the (mean) estimated internal consistency coefficients ω.

Note. HCC = hair cortisol concentration; WHSn = number of reported weekly hassles; WHSoccur = mean score of weekly hassle occurrence; WHSintens = mean score of weekly hassle intensity; PSS = sum score of the perceived stress scale; TICS = sum score of the TICS screening scale for chronic stress experience.