Table 2. Pearson correlations by cultures in Study 2.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | ||||||||||||
| 1 Age | - | 0.19*** | -0.10 | -0.07 | 0.05 | -0.12* | -0.11* | -0.08 | -0.20*** | 0.14** | -0.12* | -0.10* |
| 2 Gender (1 = woman, 0 = man) | -0.04 | - | 0.07 | 0.17** | 0.08 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.09 | -0.09 | 0.29*** | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 3 Subjective SES | 0.03 | 0.07 | - | -0.01 | 0.01 | -0.03 | -0.01 | 0.02 | -0.09 | -0.03 | -0.00 | 0.02 |
| Feelings for the stressful event | ||||||||||||
| 4 Stressful | 0.03 | 0.08 | -0.02 | - | 0.46*** | -0.11* | -0.16*** | -0.19*** | 0.06 | 0.16** | 0.25*** | -0.04 |
| 5 Negative | 0.06 | 0.01 | -0.08 | 0.44*** | - | -0.28*** | -0.36*** | -0.34*** | 0.06 | 0.10* | 0.03 | 0.12** |
| 6 Responsible | -0.07 | 0.14** | 0.02 | 0.06 | -0.12** | - | 0.37*** | 0.54*** | 0.28*** | -0.11* | -0.12** | 0.26*** |
| 7 Solvable | -0.14** | 0.05 | 0.11* | -0.10* | -0.27*** | 0.22*** | - | 0.54*** | 0.08 | -0.20*** | -0.01 | -0.04 |
| 8 Controllable | -0.07 | 0.08 | 0.12** | -0.11* | -0.29*** | 0.21*** | 0.72*** | - | 0.18*** | -0.17*** | -0.09 | 0.06 |
| Variables under study | ||||||||||||
| 9 Relational concern | -0.02 | -0.04 | -0.10* | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.03 | -0.05 | -0.04 | - | -0.25*** | -0.21*** | 0.44*** |
| 10 Empathic concern | 0.12** | 0.15** | 0.15** | 0.10* | 0.05 | 0.12** | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.01 | - | 0.24*** | -0.26*** |
| 11 Support seeking | -0.07 | 0.17*** | 0.15** | 0.13** | 0.02 | 0.11* | 0.09* | 0.07 | -0.11* | 0.23*** | - | -0.37*** |
| 12 Loneliness | 0.01 | -0.13** | -0.35*** | 0.01 | 0.12** | -0.02 | -0.24*** | -0.22*** | 0.23*** | -0.34*** | -0.28*** |
Note. Correlations for the Japanese sample (N = 495) are below the diagonal, and correlations for the European American sample (N = 461) are above the diagonal. +p = .05,
*p < .05,
**p < .01,
***p < .001.