Table 1.

Bivariate zero-order correlation matrix for study variables.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. RelQuality-Pt	1.00
2. ProgUncert-Pt	.09	1.00
3. Efficacy-Pt	.28*	−.26*	1.00
4. Manage-Pt	.15	−.42**	.51**	1.00
5. RelQuality-Part	.37**	.23*	−.01	.03	1.00
6. ProgUncert-Part	.01	.42**	−.07	−.17	.18	1.00
7. Efficacy-Part	.23*	−.16	.22	.33*	.37**	−.17	1.00
8. Manage -Part	.19	−.28**	.24	.42**	.13	−.14	.46**	1.00
9. Length cancer	.01	.03	.05	.27*	−.01	−.10	−.01	.04	1.00
10. GenHealth-Pat	.11	.40**	.35**	.51**	.03	−.34*	.28*	.42**	.26	1.00

Note: RelQuality-Pt is Patient relational quality; ProgUncert-Pt is patient prognosis uncertainty; Efficacy-Pt is patient communication efficacy; Manage-Pt is patient health condition management; RelQuality-Part is partner relational quality; ProgUncert-Part is partner prognosis uncertainty; Efficacy-Part is partner communication efficacy; Manage-Part is partner health condition management; Length cancer is the length of time since the cancer diagnosis, in years; GenHealth-Pat is patients’ perceptions of their general health.

^**p < .01,

^*p < .05, two-tailed.