Table 2.

Bivariate correlations between personal values in adolescence and the outcomes in adulthood in Japan and the US (N = 516 in each country)

Japan	Mean (SD)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
US
1. Avoiding causing trouble	5.04 (1.5)	1.00
	4.86 (1.8)	1.00
2. Positive evaluation	4.56 (1.5)	0.42*	1.00
	4.97 (1.7)	0.49*	1.00
3. Belief	4.51 (1.5)	0.39*	0.46*	1.00
	5.00 (1.7)	0.43*	0.48*	1.00
4. Financial success	3.97 (1.6)	0.25*	0.27*	0.47*	1.00
	5.08 (1.7)	0.38*	0.36*	0.59*	1.00
5. Improving society	3.35 (1.5)	0.33*	0.32*	0.47*	0.53*	1.00
	4.81 (1.8)	0.43*	0.35*	0.65*	0.72*	1.00
6. Interest	4.95 (1.4)	0.25*	0.36*	0.53*	0.34*	0.30*	1.00
	5.57 (1.4)	0.35*	0.34*	0.54*	0.49*	0.55*	1.00
7. Social influence	3.35 (1.5)	0.23*	0.38*	0.46*	0.52*	0.68*	0.35*	1.00
	4.83 (1.7)	0.38*	0.38*	0.63*	0.63*	0.79*	0.55*	1.00
8. Challenging	4.32 (1.6)	0.27*	0.41*	0.62*	0.37*	0.46*	0.58*	0.52*	1.00
	5.02 (1.5)	0.36*	0.32*	0.58*	0.53*	0.64*	0.56*	0.74*	1.00
9. Care	4.95 (1.5)	0.53*	0.32*	0.48*	0.28*	0.32*	0.40*	0.25*	0.47*	1.00
	5.32 (1.5)	0.45*	0.35*	0.59*	0.48*	0.53*	0.47*	0.54*	0.63*	1.00
10. Graduating from school	4.11 (1.6)	0.30*	0.45*	0.34*	0.37*	0.38*	0.27*	0.36*	0.40*	0.30	1.00
	4.63 (1.9)	0.28*	0.35*	0.44*	0.50*	0.54*	0.36*	0.56*	0.49*	0.43	1.00
11. Stable lifestyle	4.53 (1.5)	0.41*	0.33*	0.38*	0.60*	0.41*	0.35*	0.38*	0.33*	0.46	0.53*	1.00
	5.38 (1.5)	0.47*	0.32*	0.53*	0.62*	0.60*	0.53*	0.62*	0.58*	0.66	0.46*	1.00
12. Commitment to values	27.94 (5.2)	0.05	0.08	0.36*	0.13	0.06	0.48*	0.06	0.40*	0.35	0.08	0.15	1.00
	31.47 (4.4)	0.18*	0.23*	0.45*	0.42*	0.47*	0.42*	0.51*	0.49*	0.41	0.35*	0.45*	1.00
13. Psychological distress	5.58 (5.4)	− 0.04	− 0.00	− 0.03	0.07	− 0.04	− 0.04	− 0.01	− 0.04	− 0.09	− 0.09	0.02	− 0.10	1.00
	8.16 (6.5)	0.22*	0.21*	0.10	0.13	0.18*	0.05	0.19*	0.12	0.04	0.20*	0.10	0.03	1.00
14. HRQoL: physical	48.44 (6.3)	0.03	0.09	− 0.01	− 0.04	− 0.05	− 0.04	− 0.03	0.00	0.04	0.10	0.03	0.04	− 0.22*	1.00
	47.38 (8.8)	− 0.16*	− 0.17*	− 0.08	− 0.05	− 0.11	− 0.01	− 0.13	− 0.09	− 0.06	− 0.11	− 0.02	0.02	− 0.55*	1.00
15. HRQoL: mental	45.85 (8.0)	− 0.04	− 0.02	0.01	− 0.07	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.09	0.07	− 0.04	0.11	− 0.69*	0.01	1.00
	45.87 (10.7)	− 0.18*	− 0.19*	− 0.06	− 0.09	− 0.08	0.02	− 0.08	− 0.06	− 0.02	− 0.12	− 0.04	0.03	− 0.72*	0.45*	1.00
16. Satisfaction	2.43 (0.8)	0.07	0.06	0.04	− 0.05	0.10	0.01	0.07	0.09	0.15	0.10	0.01	0.12	− 0.43*	0.22*	0.43*	1.00
	3.21 (0.8)	0.12	0.08	0.28*	0.24*	0.30*	0.15	0.32*	0.32*	0.22*	0.28*	0.25*	0.35*	− 0.18*	0.14	0.33*	1.00
17. Happiness	5.71 (2.4)	0.10	0.08	0.07	− 0.05	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.10	0.17*	0.11	0.02	0.16*	− 0.50*	0.28*	0.42*	0.72*	1.00
	7.21 (2.1)	0.14	0.10	0.34*	0.28*	0.38*	0.21*	0.39*	0.38*	0.27*	0.36*	0.26*	0.43*	− 0.16*	0.12	0.33*	0.79*	1.00

HRQoL health-related quality of life

*p < 0.0037 (the significance level was reduced to 1/136 using Bonferroni’s method)