Table 2.

Spearman correlations among health-related quality of life (total and subscales), catastrophizing coping style, and illness representation components (N = 101)

	HRQOL	CCS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
HRQOL total			−0.47**	−0.72**	−0.34**	0.39**	0.39**	0.40**	−0.18	−0.71**
Catastrophizing coping style	−0.76**		0.39**	0.54**	0.27**	−0.39**	−0.35**	−0.33**	0.20	0.65**
HRQOL subscales
Body image		−0.54**	−0.40**	−0.42*	NS	−0.28*	−0.28*	0.32**	0.19*	−0.52**
Dysphoria		− 0.73**	−0.26**	−0.66**	0.32**	0.44**	−0.36**	0.41**	NS	−0.78**
Food avoidance		− 0.51**	− 0.26*	− 0.52**	− 0.20*	NS	NS	0.23*	− 0.25*	− 0.48**
Health-worry		−0.64**	−0.40**	−0.47**	NS	0.24*	0.38**	0.32**	−0.21*	−0.54**
Interference with activity		−0.69**	−0.37**	−0.64**	−0.22**	0.31**	0.30*	0.48**	−0.25*	−0.59**
Relationships		−0.56**	−0.28*	−0.65**	−0.29**	0.32**	0.33**	0.34**	NS	−0.61**
Sexual		−0.46**	−0.39**	−0.60**	−0.23*	0.31**	0.35**	0.25*	NS	−0.47**
Social reaction		−0.55**	−0.25*	−0.57**	−0.29*	0.22*	0.27*	0.23*	NS	−0.60**
Illness representation components
1. Identity				0.44**	0.15	−0.25*	−0.24*	−0.27**	NS	0.35**
2. Consequences					0.43**	−0.41**	−0.58**	−0.32**	NS	0.65**
3. Timeline, acute/chronic						−0.30**	−0.44**	−0.23**	NS	0.28**
4. Personal control							0.61**	0.54**	NS	−0.44**
5. Treatment control								0.35**	NS	−0.43**
6. Illness coherence									NS	−0.38**
7. Timeline cyclical										NS
8. Emotional representation

HRQOL health-related quality of life; CCS catastrophizing coping style; NS non-significant; 1 identity; 2 consequences; 3 timeline, acute/chronic; 4 personal control; 5 treatment control; 6 illness coherence; 7 timeline cyclical; 8 emotional representation

*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.001