Table 7.

Correlation between illness coherence, the influence of family records of cancer, coping strategies, and perception of the illness.

	r	p
	The influence of family records of cancer
Illness coherence
Genetic factors, cause of the disease	0.52	<0.01
Accident or a trauma caused the disease	0.18	<0.04
Luck and chance	0.19	<0.03
	Adaptive sense of illness coherence
Coping strategies
Self-blame	0.52	0.001
Positive refocusing	−0.266	0.05
Catastrophizing	−0.431	0.001
Refocusing on planning	0.464	0.001
Positive reassessment	0.363	0.006
	Assertiveness
Personal control beliefs about the illness	0.327	0.015
Control beliefs about the illness through treatment	0.369	0.005
Sense of illness coherence	0.338	0.012
	Prosocial behavioral
Positive emotional perception of the illness	0.361	0.007
	Aggressive behavior
Personal control beliefs about the illness	0.292	0.031
Control beliefs about the illness through treatment	0.366	0.006
	Cohesive family system
Adaptive emotional representation of the illness	−0.338	0.012