Table 3.

Correlations amongst the central variables.

	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Own loneliness	0.02	0.07	−0.26**	0.31**	0.39**	0.17**
2. Impressions	1	0.02	0.03*	0.06**	0.15**	0.03*
3. Attributions (diff score)		1	−0.01	0	−0.01	0.03
4. Controllability			1	−0.06**	−0.12**	−0.06**
5. Stigma in community				1	0.3**	0.14**
6. Shame					1	0.35**
7. Intention to conceal						1

^aInternal and external attributions were each rated on a scale of 1–5. When creating a difference score, this means that the scale ranges from −4 (M_external = 5, M_internal = 1) to 4 (M_external = 1, M_internal = 5), with 0 as the mid-point.

* p < .01, ** p < .001.