Table 2.

Correlation matrix with means and standard deviations for variables in the study (N = 95)

Variable	Pain_1	Pain_2	Pain_3	NA_1	NA_2	NA_3	PA_1	PA_2	PA_3	PFC_1	PFC_2	PFC_3	EFC_1	EFC_2	EFC_3	MFC_1	MFC_2	MFC_3
Pain_1	1.00
Pain_2	.75	1.00
Pain_3	.74	.87	1.00
NA_1	.35	.22	.20	1.00
NA_2	.26	.25	.22	.64	1.00
NA_3	.18	.07	.12	.58	.71	1.00
PA_1	−.22	−.29	−.25	−.35	−.27	−.16	1.00
PA_2	−.06	−.21	−.05	−.30	−.30	−.15	.59	1.00
PA_3	−.10	−.16	−.10	−.24	−.13	−.20	.52	.75	1.00
PFC_1	.11	.12	.11	−.04	−.04	.01	.05	.01	−.05	1.00
PFC_2	.28	.26	.29	.03	.03	.00	.13	.29	.24	.69	1.00
PFC_3	.23	.26	.27	.03	.10	.04	.07	.26	.33	.61	.84	1.00
EFC_1	.13	.05	.11	−.05	−.07	−.02	.14	.19	.14	.73	.59	.50	1.00
EFC_2	.25	.20	.25	.00	.04	.00	.26	.33	.31	.47	.69	.54	.66	1.00
EFC_3	.13	.13	.21	−.04	.04	.03	.18	.36	.44	.38	.61	.69	.53	.68	1.00
MFC_1	−.09	−.14	−.15	−.21	−.21	−.16	.45	.23	.15	.43	.32	.25	.57	.45	.34	1.00
MFC_2	.02	.03	.01	−.14	−.11	−.13	.41	.35	.34	.29	.47	.38	.46	.58	.46	.79	1.00
MFC_3	.03	.04	.08	−.11	−.02	−.09	.31	.33	.42	.13	.41	.46	.31	.48	.64	.57	.78	1.00
M	4.35	4.39	4.56	3.62	3.40	3.27	3.43	3.45	3.46	3.47	3.29	3.31	3.45	3.33	3.38	3.58	3.47	3.50
SD	2.67	2.69	2.68	1.45	1.41	1.42	1.27	1.37	1.40	0.71	0.79	0.72	0.67	0.70	0.61	0.71	0.79	0.77

Note All correlations above absolute value of .17 are significant at p < .05 (at least). Pain pain level, NA negative affect, PA positive affect, PFC problem-focused coping, EFC emotion-focused coping, MFC meaning-focused coping. Numbers following variable names denote consecutive measurement days