Table 3.

Bivariate correlations between mental health, changes in behaviors and covariates (N = 621)

Variables	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Mental health	1	1	− .235**	− .172**	− .882**	0.029	− 0.024	− .097*	.160**	− 0.06	− 0.057	0.015	.168**	0.003	− 0.074	− 0.016	.105**
MPATL	2		1	.600**	.252**	− .149**	− 0.047	− 0.024	.136**	.137**	− .101*	.122**	0.039	− 0.068	.139**	.176**	− 0.005
VPATL	3			1	.232**	− .212**	− 0.077	− 0.001	.189**	.179**	− 0.076	.111**	.089*	− .133**	0.071	.260**	− 0.026
SBTA	4				1	− .081*	0.047	− 0.018	− 0.076	.091*	0.01	0.071	− 0.066	− 0.037	0.071	.089*	− 0.057
Exercising (ref.—yes)	5					1	.139**	− 0.022	− 0.043	− .105**	.133**	− .161**	− .089*	.083*	.086*	0.053	− .107**
SF-unchangeda	6						1	− .66**	.253**	.272**	− 0.059	.086*	.189**	.237**	.219**	.100*	− .087*
AI-not-applicableb	7							1	− .404**	− .220**	.131**	− 0.068	− .110**	− .160**	− 0.068	− .099*	0.072
AI-unchangedb	8								1	.203**	− .112**	− 0.045	0.017	0.036	− 0.045	− .086*	− 0.025
EF-increasec	9									1	− .317**	− 0.013	.292**	.100*	0.047	.176**	− 0.003
EF-decreasec	10										1	− 0.019	− 0.064	.122**	− 0.019	0.062	− 0.017
Substance use (ref.—no)	11											1	.158**	− 0.001	.239**	.091*	0.072
SA-increased	12												1	− .189**	− 0.022	.120**	.092*
SA-decreased	13													1	0.073	− 0.015	− .139**
DVI (ref.—no)	14														1	0.029	0.072
Gender (ref.—female)	15															1	0.042
Education	16																1

MPATL moderate PA time lost, VPATL vigorous PA time lost, SBTA sedentary behavior time added, EM exercise maintenance, SD substance dependence, DVI domestic violence increase, SF smoking frequency, AI alcohol intake, EF eating frequency, SA sexual activity

^aDummy variable for smoking frequency with ‘SF-non-smoker’ as reference

^bDummy variable for alcohol intake with ‘AI-decreased’ as reference

^cDummy variable for eating frequency with ‘EF-no change’ as reference

^dDummy variable for sexual activity with ‘SA-no change’ as reference

**p < 0.001; *p < 0.05