Table 3.

Partial correlation analyses: Rural women^a

	Time spent in information services			Time spent in topics
Predictors	total	experiential	didactic	psychosocial	practical	medical
Cancer-relevant encodings and self-construals (1)
Functional well-being	−.278**	−.262**	−.228**	−.189*	−.166	−.223**
Cancer-relevant beliefs and expectancies (1)
Health self-efficacy	−.177*	−.196*	−.126	−.177*	−.159	−.197*
Cancer-relevant affects(2)
Emotional well-being	−.178*	−.155#	−.141	−.141	−.126	−.113
Negative emotions	.147	.208*	.066	.190*	.126	.126
Cancer-relevant goals and values (1)
Need for information	.192*	.166*	.148	.116	.093	.116
Cancer-relevant self-regulatory competencies and skills (4)
Participation in health care	−.252**	−.332***	−.184*	−.233**	−.179*	−.243**
Information competence	−.240**	−.260**	−.194*	−.124	−.184*	−.208*
Barriers to information	.172*	.207*	.132	.190*	.128*	.099
Social support	−.198*	−.154	−.183*	−.068	−.136	−.154

Note:

^aControl variables include age, education, and stage of cancer.

^***p < .001,

^**p < .01,

^*p < .05;

N=113–139.