Mediating effects of depressive symptoms on social support and quality of life among rural older Chinese

Table 2 Correlations and descriptive statistics of study variables (N = 420)

	MOS-SSS	Emotional/ informational support	Tangible support	Positive social interaction	Affectionate support	PHQ-9	Mean	Standard deviation
MOS-SSS	–						53.6	9.1
Emotional/ informational support	0.786**	–					12.7	2.7
Tangible support	0.911**	0.565**	–				22.0	4.0
Positive social interaction	0.847**	0.498**	0.728**	–			10.6	2.1
Affectionate support	0.851**	0.631**	0.669**	0.733**	–		8.3	1.7
PHQ-9	− 0.152**	− 0.105*	− 0.132**	− 0.139**	− 0.156**	–	7.4	2.9
WHOQOL-BREF	0.449**	0.414**	0.330**	0.397**	0.449**	−0.321**	44.0	4.3

Notes. **Correlation is significant at p < 0.01 (two-sided). *Correlation is significant at p < 0.05 (two-sided). MOS-SSS: Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey. The total score of MOS-SSS was used to evaluate the social support, and four dimension scores of MOS-SSS were used to assess different types of social support

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