Table 2.

Correlations between the main study variables and descriptive statistics (n = 303–341)

Variables	1	2	3	4	Mean (SD)	Scale
1. Mental quality of life	–				51.42 (11.20)	0–100
2. Sense of coherence	0.46***	–			65.91 (12.43)	13–91
3. Emotion-focused coping	− 0.39***	− 0.45***	–		0.95 (0.45)	0–3
4. Problem-focused coping	− 0.24***	− 0.23***	0.78***	–	1.44 (0.57)	0–3
5. Coping efficiency	0.59***	0.56***	− 0.40***	− 0.16**	3.48 (0.70)	1–5

Higher values indicate higher levels of the measured variables

SD standard deviation

**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001