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Table 3 Correlations between Adaptive Coping Styles and other dimensions

From: Adaptive coping strategies in patients with chronic pain conditions and their interpretation of disease

 

TDH

TMH

SIAH

PoA

CWoL

RIC

Escape

 

External locus of control

Internal locus of control

/

Adaptive coping strategies

       

Trust in Divine Help

1.000

.238**

.281**

.261**

.344**

.417**

-.017

Trust in Medical Help

 

1.000

.389**

.222**

.247**

.060

.082

Search Information/Alternative Help

  

1.000

.402**

.387**

.272**

-.068

Positive Attitudes

   

1.000

.542**

.280**

-.218 **

Conscious Way of Living

    

1.000

.259**

-.093

Reappraisal: Illness as Chance

     

1.000

-.009

Life Satisfaction

.172*

.149

.176*

.393**

.361**

.081

-.227 **

Interpretation of Disease

       

Weakness/Failure

.057

-.001

-.100

-.102

-.096

.160**

.272**

Punishment

.011

.027

-.108

-.091

-.083

.074

.373**

Loss/Interruption

.015

.180**

.039

-.067

-.017

-.033

.394**

Enemy/threat

.006

.021

-.036

-.086

-.059

.034

.441**

Relieving break

.090

.006

-.096

-.003

-.007

.215**

.079

Call for help/Strategy

.131*

-.021

-.024

-.079

-.044

.229**

.171**

Value

.290**

.030

.135*

.171**

.156**

.469**

-.072

Challenge

.223**

.066

.132*

.251**

.188**

.408**

-.101

  1. ** p < .0001; *p < .01 (Spearman-Rho, 2-tailed)
  2. Abbreviations: TDH - Trust in Divine Help; TMH - Trust in Medical Help; SIAH - Search for Information/Alternative Help; PoA - Positive Attitudes; CWoL - Conscious Way of Living; RIC - Reappraisal: Illness as Chance; Esc -Escape from Illness