A pathway to negative acculturation: marital maladjustment mediates the relationship between the length of residency and depressive symptoms in immigrant women in Taiwan

Table 2 Correlation coefficients between study variables

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Depressive symptoms	–
2. Mandarin language proficiency	− 0.12	–
3. Years in Taiwan	0.24**	− 0.02	–
4. Marital adjustment	− 0.34***	0.16	− 0.29***	–
5. Marital status	0.49***	0.01	0.32***	− 0.41***	–
6. Women’s income	− 0.07	0.04	0.16	0.08	0.08	–
7. Education	− 0.01	0.22*	− 0.03	0.08	0.06	− 0.02	–
8. Husband’s income	− 0.26**	0.16	− 0.11	0.09	− 0.18*	0.14	0.17	–
9. Husband’s education	− 0.24**	0.25**	− 0.08	0.26**	− 0.23*	0.10	0.13	0.34***

Coefficients were calculated with Pearson correlation method or Spearman correlation method where necessary
^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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