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Table 1 Descriptives and correlations among depression, reasons for living, hope and suicidal ideation

From: Reasons for living and hope as the protective factors against suicidality in Chinese patients with depression: a cross sectional study

   

HOPE

RFL

Variable

SI

BDI

Total

Agency

Pathways

Total

SCB

RF

MO

FS

FSD

CRC

Frequency (%)/mean

32.91

25.49

33.29

16.33

16.96

188.13

96.47

30.57

10.47

26.49

12.42

11.44

SD

34.58

6.11

11.69

6.45

6.67

46.80

29.06

7.69

5.16

7.44

4.19

7.75

SI

1

           

BDI

0.470**

1

          

HOPE-TOTAL

−0.349**

−0.393**

1

         

Agency

−0.391**

−0.443**

0.887**

1

        

Pathways

−0.233*

−0.269**

0.895**

0.588**

1

       

RFL-TOTAL

−0.449**

−0.271**

0.163

0.234*

0.060

1

      

SCB

−0.534**

−0.352**

0.188*

0.276**

0.064

0.948**

1

     

RF

−0.201*

−0.198*

0.228*

0.263**

0.145

0.698**

0.557**

1

    

MO

−0.263**

−0.007

0.012

0.084

−0.061

0.701**

0.558**

0.457**

1

   

FS

−0.079

0.031

−0.075

−0.057

−0.077

0.637**

0.488**

0.298**

0.536**

1

  

FSD

−0.137

−0.057

−0.01 2

0.020

−0.041

0.634**

0.526**

0.496**

0.415**

0.393**

1

 

CRC

−0.307**

−0.195*

0.207*

0.179

0.190*

0.615**

0.502**

0.456**

0.470**

0.319**

0.286**

1

  1. SI suicidal ideation, BDI Beck depression inventory, HOPE Snyder hope scale, RFL reasons for living, SCB survival and Coping beliefs, RF responsibility to family, MO moral objections, FS fear of suicide, FSD fear of social disapproval, CRC child-related concerns
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01