Table 3. Correlations (Pearson or Point Biserial) and associations (odds ratio and 95% confidence interval) by country between stressors and symptoms related to common mental disorders among professional footballers in five European countries.

	Distress	Anxiety/depression	Sleeping disturbance	Alcohol behaviour	Nutrition behaviour
Finland (n = 121)
LE<6	.07 1.3 (.8-1.9)	.25 * 1.6 (1.1-2.3)	.09 1.2 (.8-1.7)	.27 * 1.6 (1.0-2.3)	.21 1.5 (1.0-2.3)
LE>6	.22 * 1.4 (1.0-2.1)	-.13 .8 (.6-1.1)	-.03 1.0 (.7-1.3)	-.26 * .6 (.4-1.0)	.10 1.2 (.9-1.6)
Career dissatisfaction	-.17 .9 (.7-1.0)	-.35 ** .8 (.6-.9)	.01 1.0 (.9-1.2)	.03 1.0 (.8-1.2)	-.03 1.0 (.9-1.1)
France (n = 81)
LE<6	.43 ** 1.7 (1.2-2.5)	.06 1.1 (.8-1.4)	.14 1.2 (.9-1.6)	-.02 1.2 (.7-2.0)	.03 1.1 (.8-1.4)
LE>6	-.17 .9 (.6-1.3)	.06 1.1 (.9-1.3)	.04 1.1 (0.9-1.3)	.37 ** 1.5 (1.1-2.1)	.08 1.1 (.9-1.3)
Career dissatisfaction	-.05 1.0 (.8-1.1)	-.09 1.0 (.9-1.1)	.07 1.0 (.9-1.2)	-.01 1.0 (.8-1.2)	-.33 ** .8 (.7-1.0)
Norway (n = 119)
LE<6	.15 1.4 (.8-2.3)	.10 1.2 (.8-1.7)	.04 1.0 (.7-1.6)	.01 1.0 (.5-2.1)	.09 1.1 (.7-1.8)
LE>6	.06 1.1 (.8-1.6)	-.09 .9 (.7-1.2)	.01 1.0 (.8-1.3)	.37 ** 2.0 (1.3-3.2)	.14 1.3 (1.0-1.7)
Career dissatisfaction	-.10 .9 (.8-1.1)	-.08 1.0 (.8-1.1)	-.12 .9 (.8-1.1)	-.02 .9 (.7-1.2)	-.18 .9 (.7-1.0)
Spain (N=70)
LE<6	-.07 1.0 (.6-1.6)	.10 1.0 (1.0-1.1)	.10 1.1 (.8-1.4)	.19 1.4 (1.0-2.0)	-.39** .6 (.4-.8)
LE>6	.22 1.4 (1.0-2.0)	.10 1.0 (1.0-1.1)	-.02 1.1 (.8-1.4)	.04 1.2 (.8-1.7)	.03 .9 (.7-1.2)
Career dissatisfaction	.00 1.0 (.8-1.3)	.08 1.0 (1.0-1.1)	.11 1.1 (.9-1.2)	-.04 1.0 (.8-1.2)	.11 1.1 (.9-1.3)
Sweden (N=149)
LE<6	.31 ** 2.0 (1.3-3.2)	.18 * 1.4 (1.0-2.0)	.28 ** 1.8 (1.2-2.7)	-.06 .7 (.3-1.7)	-.05 .9 (.6-1.3)
LE>6	.02 1.0 (.8-1.3)	-.03 1.0 (.8-1.2)	.03 1.0 (.8-1.3)	-.01 1.0 (.7-1.4)	-.11 .9 (.7-1.1)
Career dissatisfaction	-.25 ** .8 (.7-1.0)	-.19 * .9 (.8-1.0)	-.04 1.0 (.9-1.1)	-.07 .9 (.7-1.1)	-.03 1.0 (.9-1.1)

** p < 0.01; LE<6, life events in the previous six months; LE>6, life events longer than six months ago.* p < 0.05