Table 4.

Correlations between illness representations and coping styles

Variables		Problem-focused coping	Emotion-focused coping	Social support-focused coping
Negative consequences (caregiver)	r	0.31	0.35	−0.28
	p	0.006*	0.002*	0.012*
Negative consequences (patient)	r	0.06	0.23	−0.03
	p	0.616	0.037*	0.818
Personal control (caregiver helplessness)	r	0.31	−0.10	−0.02
	p	0.006*	0.380	0.797
Personal blame (caregiver responsibility)	r	0.11	0.34	−0.01
	p	0.316	0.001*	0.953
Personal blame (patient responsibility)	r	−0.15	0.25	−0.10
	p	0.155	0.020*	0.361
Treatment control	r	0.23	−0.04	0.09
	p	0.040*	0.705	0.407
Coherence	r	−0.09	0.31	−0.16
	p	0.432	0.005*	0.140
Emotional representation	r	0.13	0.41	−0.39
	p	0.262	0.000*	0.000*

r Pearson correlation test, p probability test. *p < 0.05, significant probability test.