IJME - Stress and distress in healthcare students: protective roles of social support, student community and meaningfulness of studying

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics and Pearson’s correlations coefficients for study variables (N = 800)

Items	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. Perceived stress	3.4	0.49	-
2. Depressive symptoms	1.6	0.62	.41^**	-
3. Anxiety	1.9	0.27	.57^**	.57^**	-
4. Parent support	1.8	0.47	-0.06	-.19^**	-.14^**	-
5. Partner support	2.3	6.62	-0.01	-.20^**	-0.04	-0.05	-
6. Friend support	2.1	6.98	-0.05	-.10^**	-.09^*	.33^**	-0.04	-
7. Peer support	2.6	1.5	-0.08	-.24^**	-.20^**	.28^**	0.04	.34^**	-
8. Teacher support	0.1	0.5	.10^*	0	0.05	0.04	0.01	.10^**	.11^**	-
9. Social media support	0.1	0.6	0.02	-0.03	-0.02	0.04	0.05	.12^**	.08^**	.16^**	-
10. Sense of community belonging	3.7	1.1	-.12^**	-.27^**	-.24^**	.20^**	-0.01	.12^**	.47^**	0.07	.08^*	-
11. Meaningfulness of studying	4	0.8	-.23^**	-.35^**	-.31^**	.08^*	-.11^**	.08^*	.15^**	0.05	-0.01	.29^**	-
Age	24.8	4	.07^*	0.01	0.01	-.20^**	.15^**	-.11^**	-.08^*	-0.01	-0.04	-.15^**	-0.05
Gender			-.11^**	0.06	-0.06	-.10^**	-.09^*	-.11^**	-.10^**	0.02	0	0.01	-0.01
Subject			.12^**	.10^*	.17^**	-0.06	0.06	.11^**	-.08^*	0.01	-0.02	-0.16	0.07

^*Significant at p<.05,^**significant at p<.01

Int J Med Educ. 2024; 15:159-167; doi: 10.5116/ijme.674f.2679