A Longitudinal Examination of the Hopelessness Theory of Depression in People Who Have Multiple Sclerosis

Table 1

Correlational Matrix for Independent Variables at Phases 2 and 3 with depressive symptoms (CES-D) at Phases 2 and 3.

	Variable		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	CES-D	394 (368)	—	.44 (.36)	.46 (.40)	.28 (.19)	−.14 (−.19)	−.24 (−.26)
2	STAB	226 (224)		—	.73 (.67)	.01 (−.02)	−.05 (−.04)	−.21 (−.19)
3	GLOB	225 (220)			—	.08 (.05)	−.06 (−.05)	−.21 (−.11)
4	RLCQ	298 (349)				—	−.20 (−.23)	.08 (.01)
5	TSE	396 (387)					—	.02 (−.01)
6	FASQ-R	324 (346)						—

Note. Figures in brackets represent values at Phase 3.
CES-D = Centre for Epidemiological Studies of Depression Scale, STAB = Stability of Attributions for Negative Events, GLOB = Globality of Attributions for Negative Events, RLCQ = Recent Life Change Questionnaire, TSE = Time Since Exacerbation, and FASQ-R = Functional Assessment Screening Questionnaire-Revised.
Correlational ’s range = 223–394 (variables at Phase 2) and 213–368 (variables at Phase 3).
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