Table 1 Correlations among self-esteem, hope, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.

From: The effect of self-esteem on depressive symptoms among adolescents: the mediating roles of hope and anxiety

Variables

1

2

3

4

5

6

1. Gender

–

     

2. Age

0.09

–

    

3. Self-esteem

0.12*

−0.02

0.85

   

4. Hope

0.17**

−0.02

0.69***

0.86

  

5. Anxiety

−0.10*

−0.04

−0.33***

−0.22***

0.67

 

6. Depressive symptoms

−0.11*

0.12*

−0.64***

−0.50***

0.49***

0.91

M

–

15.73

26.95

21.71

37.69

20.74

SD

–

0.89

4.83

5.73

5.77

9.76

  1. Male adolescents are recorded as 1 while female adolescents are recorded as 0. Cronbach’s α coefficient for scales is presented in the diagonal line.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
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