Table 6.

Correlations between variability in the use of different types of strategies and main study variables.

	Flux in improving strategies	Flux in worsening strategies	Flux in cognitive strategies	Flux in behavioral strategies
Flux in improving strategies	–
Flux in worsening strategies	0.07**	–
Flux in cognitive strategies	0.62**	0.37**	–
Flux in behavioral strategies	0.65**	0.37**	0.63**	–
Relationship closeness	−0.14**	−0.01	−0.10**	−0.14**
Positive mood	<0.01	−0.17**	−0.09**	−0.03
Emotional exhaustion	0.03	0.20**	0.08**	0.06
Empathic concern	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Perspective taking	0.04	−0.07	0.01	0.03
Avoidant attachment	0.13*	0.05	−0.05	−0.03
Anxious attachment	0.06	0.28**	0.22**	0.09

N ranges from 228 (for analyses involving empathy), through 273 (for analyses involving attachment), to 1211 for all other analyses. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.