Table 4.

Correlations of Patients’ and Spouses’ Cancer Conversations and Adjustment

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Depressive symptoms change	.19	.07	−.16	−.19	−.16	−.10
2. Avoidance/intrusive thoughts change	.42**	.04	−.12	−.15	−.04	−.19
3. Conversations about cancer (% of all conversations)	.15	.04	.47**	.56**	.81**	.64**
4. Emotional disclosure (% of all conversations)	.07	.15	.57**	−.02	.27	.75**
5. Informational conversations (% of all conversations)	.11	.05	.80**	.22	.46**	.31*
6. Supportive Interactions (% of all conversations)	.11	.12	.39**	.17	.12	.27*

Note. Numbers are Pearson correlations of participants’ own scores. All conversation variables are percentages of all conversations, and are based only on conversations held within the couple. Patients’ correlations are below the diagonal, Spouses’ correlations are above the diagonal, and patients’ and spouses’ intercorrelations are on the diagonal in bold font.

^*p ≤ .05;

^**p ≤ .01