Adverse Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in African American Youth: The Role of Control-Related Beliefs

Table 2

Correlations of study variables for boys and girls.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
(1) Life events (6th)	—	−.20^∗∗	−.13	.42^∗∗	.25^∗∗	.01	−.05	.14^∗
(2) Control (6th)	−.19^∗∗	—	.49^∗∗	−.51^∗∗	−.45^∗∗	−.01	.08	.06
(3) Contingency (6th)	.21^∗∗	.56^∗∗	—	−.27^∗∗	−.26^∗∗	−.11	.04	.02
(4) Depressive Sx (6th)	.24^∗∗	−.44^∗∗	−.32^∗∗	—	.58^∗∗	−.01	−.15^∗	.03
(5) Depressive Sx (7th)	.17^∗∗	−.36^∗∗	−.31^∗∗	.55^∗∗	—	−.00	−.10	.16^∗
(6) Age (6th)	.01	−.11	−.02	−.03	.05	—	−.07	.10
(7) Intervention status	−.10	−.03	−.05	.03	.04	.01	—	.04
(8) Lunch status	.00	−.01	.02	.04	.10	.04	−.22^∗∗	—

Note. Correlations for girls are above the diagonal. Correlations for boys are below the diagonal. Sx refers to symptoms. 𝑁=447 for life events grade 6, control grade 6, contingency grade 6, depressive symptoms grade 6, depressive symptoms grade 7, age grade 6, and intervention status; 𝑁=444 for lunch status.
^∗𝑃<.05. ^∗∗𝑃<.01 (1-tailed).