Individual differences in the expansiveness of mental disorder concepts: development and validation of concept breadth scales

Table 5 Correlations between two concept breadth scales and other mental health variables

	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Vertical breadth	.52^**	.10	-.09	-.15^**	.13^*	.27^**	.12^*	.17^**	.18^**
2. Horizontal breadth		.20^**	-.17^**	-.21^**	.13^*	.32^**	.22^**	.23^**	.25^**
3. Mental health literacy			-.44^**	-.32^**	.26^**	.20^**	.23^**	.18^**	.26^**
4. Dangerousness				.72^**	-.28^**	-.17^**	-.14^*	-.21^**	-.32^**
5. Social distance					-.26^**	-.26^**	-.24^**	-.22^**	-.31^**
6. Help-seeking attitudes						.09	.29^**	.19^**	.21^**
7. Personal experience of psychological problems							.70^**	.49^**	.45^**
8. Personal help-seeking experience								.41^**	.35^**
9. Family’s experience of psychological problems									.49^**
10. Friends’ experience of psychological problems

Pearson correlations were computed for correlations amongst variables 1–5; Point-Biserial correlations were computed for correlations involving at least one variable 6–9
^*p < .05
^**p < .01

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