TABLE 1.

Pearson Correlations of Spouses’ Psychosocial Factors with Spouses’ Distress^a

Spouse predictor	Spouses’ distress
	General	Cancer-specific
Marital quality	-0.23c	-0.01
Social support-patient	-0.30b	-0.08
Social constraints-patient	0.48b	0.47b
Self-esteem	-0.51b	-0.37b
Illness uncertainty	0.43b	0.50b
Acceptance	-0.29b	-0.38b
Positive reappraisal	-0.23c	-0.10
Searching for meaning	0.32b	0.68b
Finding meaning	-0.24c	-0.28b

^aN’s fluctuate due to missing data, (range, 162–165). General distress indicates the total score of the Center for Epidemiological Studies—Depression Scale (CES-D). Cancer-specific distress indicates the total score of the Impact of Events Scale (IES). Higher scores on the CES-D and IES indicate more distress. Higher marital quality scores indicate higher perceived quality of marriage. Higher support scores indicate more perceived support from the patient. Higher constraint scores indicate more unsupportive behavior from the patient. Higher esteem scores indicate higher self-esteem. Higher uncertainty scores indicate more uncertainty about the patient’s illness. Higher acceptance and reappraisal scores indicate more positive coping. Higher search for meaning scores indicate a greater search for meaning in the illness experience. Higher finding meaning scores indicate greater personal understanding and resolution of the illness experience.

^bP < 0.001.

^cP < 0.005.