Table 2.

Copying with loss of ability vs. self-esteem and emotional control.

Time of diagnosis	Copying with loss of ability		Self-esteem	Emotional control
				Anger	Depression	Anxiety	Total
Group I (up to 5 years)	Acceptance	Spearman's r	0.54*	−0.25	−0.07	0.46	−0.02
		Significance	0.03	0.39	0.82	0.08	0.95
		N	16	14	15	15	14
	Depression	Spearman's r	−0.70*	−0.11	0.24	0	0.01
		Significance	0.002	0.69	0.35	1	0.97
		N	17	16	17	17	16
	Struggle	Spearman's r	−0.43	0.16	−0.21	−0.40	−0.14
		Significance	0.09	0.57	0.44	0.13	0.63
		N	17	15	16	16	15
Group II (over 5 years)	Acceptance	Spearman's r	0.29	0.06	−0.21	0.21	0.23
		Significance	0.23	0.84	0.42	0.45	0.45
		N	18	15	17	15	13
	Depression	Spearman's r	−0.20	−0.55*	−0.12	−0.47	−0.69*
		Significance	0.43	0.04	0.67	0.09	0.01
		N	17	14	16	14	12
	Struggle	Spearman's r	−0.21	0.68*	−0.09	−0.20	−0.75*
		Significance	0.44	0.01	0.76	0.49	0.01
		N	16	13	15	14	12

^*Significance at p < 0.05.

**Significance at p < 0.001. ***Significance at the border of the statistical trend.

Source: In-house study.