Table 3.
Correlations between Adaptive Coping Styles and other dimensions
| 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 |
** p < .0001; *p < .01 (Spearman-Rho, 2-tailed)
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