Table 2.

Correlations between demographic and medical variables and study outcome variables at baseline.

	Age	Gender	Marital	Education	Race	Time diagnosed	Cancer stage	Comorbid disorders
Pain intensity	−.43∗	.20	.01	−.24	−.01	−.16	.21	.30
Pain catastrophizing	−.29	.12	.27	.04	.21	−.02	.33	.36
Pain self-efficacy	.21	.06	.03	.07	.04	.07	−.05	−.02
Physical functioning	−.28	.02	.15	.17	−.13	−.16	.14	−.01
Physical symptoms	−.01	.14	−.14	−.08	.10	−.20	−.15	.26
Distress	−.23	.49∗∗	−.11	−.21	.21	−.12	−.13	.05
Despair	−.13	.12	.05	−.11	.44∗	.12	.38∗	.40∗

Note. ^∗ p < 0.05 and ^∗∗ p < 0.01; gender code: 0 = male and 1 = female; marital code: 0 = not partnered and 1 = partnered; and race code: 0 = White and 1 = African American.