Table 5.
Mean, standard deviations, and correlations between help-seeking strategies, acculturation orientation and demographic characteristics
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Help-seeking | ||||||||||
| 1.Traditional | 1.80 | 0.96 | .84 | |||||||
| 2. Informal | 4.00 | 1.10 | .26** | .71 | ||||||
| 3.Semiformal | 2.30 | 1.01 | .31** | .20** | .60 | |||||
| 4. Formal | 3.46 | 1.40 | .08* | .14** | .22** | .61 | ||||
| Acculturationa | ||||||||||
| 5. Maintenance | 6.57 | 1.70 | .27** | .31** | .06 | .05 | .90 | |||
| 6. Adoption | 5.60 | 1.70 | −.06 | .05 | .16** | .14** | .19** | .90 | ||
| Demographic | ||||||||||
| 7. Genderb | 30.80 | 9.30 | −.09* | .03 | −.01 | .14** | .02 | .05 | ||
| 8. Age | 2.77 | 1.30 | .06 | −.10** | −.00 | .02 | −.03 | −.07 | .05 | |
| 9. Higher education | 1.70 | 0.46 | −.18** | −.00 | .01 | −.04 | −.05 | .22** | .07 | .24** |
Note. The coefficients on the diagonal in bold are the Cronbach’s alpha of each scale
aOnly immigrant sample (n = 452). b1 = male, 2 = female
* p ≤ .05, ** p ≤ 0.01 (2-tailed)