Table 2.
Correlation coefficients and Independent Samples T-Test
| Young adulthood sample (n = 209) | Middle adulthood sample (n = 221) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | t | DT | AS | HA | IA | C | |
| DT | 49.99 | 11.49 | 51.85 | 11.27 | −1.69 | 1 | −.36** | −.36** | −.23** | −.24** |
| AS | 9.81 | 7.72 | 7.09 | 6.89 | 3.86** | −.23** | 1 | .42** | .43** | .40** |
| HA | 14.78 | 6.12 | 14.47 | 7.42 | .47 | −.35** | .24** | 1 | .40** | .50** |
| IA | 46.11 | 15.86 | 34.04 | 10.83 | 9.16** | −.23** | .41** | .37** | 1 | .48** |
| C | 56.53 | 14.71 | 52.60 | 16.63 | 2.60* | −.20** | .34** | .37** | .39** | 1 |
*p < .05, **p < .001. Correlations above the diagonal are for the group of middle adulthood; Those below the diagonal are for the group of young adulthood. DT: Distress tolerance, AS: Anxiety symptoms, HA: Health anxiety, IA: Internet addiction, C: Cyberchondria