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. 2009 Jun;12(6):537–545. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0250

Table 1.

Correlations Between Control Variables, Religious Coping, and Well-Being at Study Entry

  (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
(1) Age 0.02 −0.09 0.01 −0.04 −0.15a −0.09 0.09 0.07 −0.22b −0.06 0.24b −0.15a 0.06
(2) Race   0.00 −0.07 0.01 −0.04 0.19b 0.15b 0.15b −0.09 −0.04 0.00 −0.06 −0.12a
(3) Education     0.13a −0.12a −0.07 −0.11 −0.07 −0.23b 0.03 0.14a 0.12 −0.18b 0.13a
(4) Social Support       −0.08 −0.34b −0.27b 0.19b 0.07 −0.14a 0.06 0.37b −0.39b 0.47b
(5) Cancer Stage         −0.02 0.02 −0.09 −0.02 0.09 −0.37b 0.10 −0.03 −0.14a
(6) Neuroticism           0.22b −0.15b −0.04 0.13a −0.06 −0.58b 0.52b −0.42b
(7) Hostility             −0.19b 0.00 0.13a −0.06 −0.21b 0.16b −0.33b
(8) Religiosity               0.68b −0.12a −0.01 0.12 −0.12a 0.19b
(9) Cope with God                 −0.06 −0.07 0.04 −0.01 0.05
(10) Cope Anger                   −0.11 −0.22b 0.24b −0.22b
(11) Overall Physical Health                     −0.02 −0.20b 0.20b
(12) Overall Mental Health                       −0.77b 0.43b
(13) Depressive Symptoms                         −0.41b
(14) Life Satisfaction                         1.00

Note: ap < 0.05; bp < 0.01.

Race: 0 = white, 1 = nonwhite.

Cancer stage: 0 = stage I/II, 1 = stage IV.

Higher scores represent more/greater age, years of education, social support, neuroticism, hostility, and religiosity, better overall physical and mental health, more depression, more life satisfaction, and greater use of coping with God, and anger at God.