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Table 5 Partial correlation coefficients—convergent validity

From: The Challenged Sense of Belonging Scale (CSBS)—a validation study in English, Arabic, and Farsi/Dari among refugees and asylum seekers in Germany

  Related construct 95% conf. interval of Pearson r (N)
English Arabic Farsi/Dari
CSBS Mental Health: MCSa 0.36–0.55 (248) 0.32–0.39 (2645) 0.39–0.54 (401)
CSBS Life Satisfaction 0.18–0.39 (265) 0.25–0.32 (2731) 0.11–0.29 (431)
CSBS Number of People with whom to Share Private Thoughts and Feelings − 0.14 to 0.10 (265) 0.03–0.11 (2734) − 0.05 to 0.14 (431)
CSBS Frequency of Contact to People from the Country of Origin − 0.20 to 0.03 (265) 0.00–0.08 (2727) − 0.08 to 0.10 (430)
CSBS Frequency of Contact to Germans 0.11–0.34 (265) 0.13–0.20 (2726) 0.09–0.27 (429)
CSBS Frequency of Contact to Germans in Friend Group 0.01–0.25 (264) 0.12–0.19 (2711) 0.03–0.22 (424)
  1. All correlation coefficients display partial correlation coefficients; we control for the time since arrival in Germany (in years)
  2. aMental Component Summary Scale within the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). Scores range from 0 to 100 (from mental health languishing to flourishing) and its mean represents the average mental health of the German population in 2004 (for details see Tibubos & Kröger, 2020)
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