Table 3.

Correlations between the distinct domains of reasoning and the COPE subscales

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Faith in a higher power	0.24^*	-0.16^†	-0.01	-0.01	0.14	-0.07	0.42^**	-0.03
Belief in fate or a just world	0.23^*	0.08	0.01	-0.06	0.11	-0.11	0.17^†	-0.03
Personal fortune	-0.17^†	-0.02	0.20^*	0.02	-0.19^*	0.03	0.29^**	-0.14
Belief in the role of one’s own ability	0.13	-0.07	-0.09	0.06	0.23^*	-0.11	-0.22^*	-0.01
Reliance on idioms	-0.12	-0.11	-0.09	0.05	-0.02	-0.04	-0.10	0.03
Usefulness of thinking optimistically	0.02	-0.05	-0.10	-0.02	0.05	-0.07	-0.27^**	0.09
A feeling, intuition, or hope	0.04	-0.01	0.16^†	-0.09	-0.03	0.09	0.17^†	-0.04
Matter-or-fact statements	0.21^*	0.11	0.01	0.01	-0.15	0.11	-0.11	0.01

	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

Faith in a higher power	-0.10	0.05	0.09	-0.11	0.06	0.00	0.04
Belief in fate or a just world	-0.05	0.24^*	0.02	-0.10	0.20^*	-0.04	0.21^*
Personal fortune	0.05	-0.11	-0.02	0.05	-0.04	-0.06	-0.07
Belief in the role of one’s own ability	-0.23^*	-0.09	0.06	-0.03	-0.11	0.01	0.16^t
Reliance on idioms	0.01	-0.10	-0.02	-0.08	-0.08	-0.09	-0.07
Usefulness of thinking optimistically	-0.01	0.08	0.02	-0.05	0.00	-0.05	0.08
A feeling, intuition, or hope	-0.02	0.19^*	0.00	-0.12	0.02	0.09	-0.10
Matter-or-fact statements	0.12	-0.07	-0.01	0.17	-0.04	0.07	-0.15

Note. 1 = Positive reinterpretation and growth; 2 = Mental disengagement; 3 = Focus on and venting emotions; 4 = Use of instrumental social support; 5 = Active coping; 6 = Denial; 7 = Religious Coping; 8 = Humor; 9 = Behavioral Disengagement; 10 = Restraint 11 = Use of emotional support; 12 = Substance use; 13 = Acceptance; 14 = Suppression of competing activities; 15 = Planning.

^†

p < .10,

p < .05,

^**

p < .01