Table 1.
Intercorrelations between participants’ characteristics and percentage of time spent with different interlocutors.
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Age | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2. Gender(0 = women; 1 = men) | 0.13 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3. Role (0 = patient; 1 = partner) | 0.09 | 0.86* | 1 | |||||||||
| 4. Years of education | 0.06 | -0.04 | 0.11 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5. Patients’ cancer stage (0-4) | -0.14 | -0.01 | -0.01 | 0.11 | 1 | |||||||
| 6. CES-D scores | 0.10 | 0.02 | -0.07 | -0.6 | 0.04 | 1 | ||||||
| 7. % talking with Spouse | 0.26* | 0.06 | 0.10 | -0.14 | -0.40* | -0.07 | 1 | |||||
| 8. % talking with Child(ren) | -0.46* | -0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.34* | -0.02 | -0.53* | 1 | ||||
| 9. % talking with Family member(s) | -0.01 | 0.01 | -0.04 | -0.02 | 0.15 | -0.08 | -0.29* | 0.09 | 1 | |||
| 10. % talking with Friend(s) | -0.01 | -0.05 | -0.04 | -0.05 | 0.14 | -0.01 | -0.31* | -0.09 | -0.07 | 1 | ||
| 11. % talking with Stranger(s) | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.03 | -0.02 | 0.12 | -0.03 | -0.10 | 0.12 | -0.12 | 1 | |
| 12. % talking in Multiparty | -0.11 | -0.05 | -0.09 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.13 | -0.71* | 0.26* | -0.02 | -0.24* | -0.03 | 1 |
CES-D, Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale (Radloff, 1977); Multiparty, Multiparty conversations. ∗p < 0.05.