Mental health help seeking patterns and associations among Australian same sex attracted women, trans and gender diverse people: a survey-based study

Table 10 Correlations between previous help seeking behaviour, mental and physical health indicators, perceived need for help, and community connectedness

Variables		1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14.
1. Health professionals	r	1
	n	1697
2. Regular GP^a	r	.21^***	1
	n	1484	1484
3. Informal/self-help	r	.51^***	.01	1
	n	1697	1484	1697
4. Comp./alt. medicine	r	.20^***	.06^*	.20^***	1
	n	1697	1484	1697	1697
5. Perceived stress^b	r	.32^***	-.02	.26^***	-.04	1
	n	1393	1387	1393	1393	1393
6. Distress^c	r	.28^***	-.06^*	.21^***	-.13^***	.62^***	1
	n	1375	1370	1375	1375	1375	1375
7. Depression^d	r	.28^***	-.05	.17^***	-.10	.59^***	.88^***	1
	n	1368	1363	1368	1368	1368	1366	1368
8. Anxiety^e	r	.22^***	-.06^*	.18^***	-.09	.54^***	.73^***	.69^***	1
	n	1364	1359	1364	1364	1364	1363	1363	1364
9. Emotional/mental health problems^f	r	.22^***	-	.23^***	.01	.37^***	.42^***	.40^***	.33^***	1
	n	1509	-	1509	1509	1391	1373	1366	1362	1509
10. Physical health problems^g	r	.25^***	-	.11^***	.14^***	.18^***	.11^***	.14^***	.10^***	-	1
	n	1502	-	1502	1502	1384	1366	1359	1355	-	1502
11. Resilience^h	r	-.28^***	-.004	-.20^***	.05	-.43^***	-.55^***	-.56^***	-.43^***	-.36^***	-.11^***	1
	n	1358	1353	1358	1358	1358	1357	1356	1355	1356	1349	1358
12. Chronic illnessⁱ	r	.36^***	-	.15^***	-.01	.24^***	.28^***	.29^***	.22^***	-	-	-.31^***	1
	n	1324	-	1324	1324	1324	1322	1321	1319	-	-	1322	1324
13. LGBTI^j	r	.09^**	.01	.14^***	.06^*	.07^**	.01	-.03	.04	-.02	.001	.04	.02	1
	n	1560	1483	1560	1560	1393	1375	1368	1364	1508	1501	1358	1324	1560
14. Mainstream^k	r	-.05^*	.07^**	-.003	.05^*	-.16^***	-.26^***	-.28^***	-.18^***	-.14^***	-.04	.22^***	-.09^**	.21^***	1
	n	1557	1481	1557	1557	1392	1374	1367	1363	1506	1499	1357	1323	1557	1557

Inspection of normal P-P Plots confirmed normal distributions for each mental health scale
Note: two-tailed *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001
^aRegular General Practitioner: 0 = no, 1 = yes. ^bThe Perceived Stress Questionnaire for Younger Women ^cThe Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. ^dThe Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale. ^eHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Anxiety Subscale. ^fEmotional/Mental health problems: 0 = no, 1 = yes. ^gPhysical health problems: 0 = no, 1 = yes. ^hBrief Resilience Scale. ⁱChronic illness: 0 = no, 1 = yes. ^jLGBTI: LGBTI community connectedness. ^kMainstream: Mainstream community connectedness

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