Table 2.
Problem-solving styles, emotional distress, adaptation to chronic illness and physical function in breast cancer survivors’ post primary treatment and 1 year post treatment and one-year post treatment
| Immediately post treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSI | PSC | AAS | PC | |
| Problem solving inventory (PSI) | - | |||
| Problem-solving confidence (PSC) | .82**** | - | ||
| Approach-avoidance style (AAS) | .92**** | .61**** | - | |
| Personal control (PC) | .70**** | .46**** | .51**** | - |
| Global severity index | .35**** | .36**** | .25** | .35*** |
| Psychological adjustment to illness scale-self-report | .16 | .11 | .09 | .27** |
| Functional living index-cancer: function | −.19 | −.18 | −.12 | −.23* |
| Age | −.12 | −.00 | −.15 | −.13 |
| Education | −.19* | −.05 | −.22* | −.15 |
| One-year post treatment | ||||
| Problem solving inventory | .61**** | - | ||
| Problem-solving confidence | .36*** | .46**** | - | |
| Approach-avoidance style | .58**** | .34*** | .62**** | - |
| Personal control | .49**** | .41**** | .40**** | .51**** |
| Global severity index | .29** | .21* | .26** | .31** |
| Psychological adjustment to illness scale-self-report | .13 | .02 | .13 | .19 |
| Functional living index-cancer: function | .04 | .06 | .03 | .01 |
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001
****
p<.0001