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Table 2.

Baseline Spearman correlation (n = 100)

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1. Age (years)	–
2. Income	− 117	–
3. Health literacy	.014	.180	–
4. Prior mental health diag.	− .159	− .051	− .062	–
5. Stressful event prior year	.005	.039	.034	− .019	–
6. Family/friends prior breast ca	.096	.004	− .078	− .198^a	.200^a	–
7. Personal causal cancer attribution	.079	− .038	.026	.164	.021	− .226^a	–
8. Control over cancer and treatment	.133	.126	.223^a	− .190	.029	.068	− .061	–
9. Pre-/post-op	.149	.075	.201^a	− .012	− .049	− .152	.117	.030	–
10. Felt support in past week	.061	.026	.100	− .088	.057	.129	.010	.158	− .005	–
11. Perceived coping	.163	.187	.058	− .049	.079	− .071	.029	.408^b	.117	.404^b	–
12. Distress (DT)	− .160	.027	− .082	.124	.161	.114	.047	− .335^b	− .229^a	− .236^a	− .511^b	–
13. Depressive symptoms (CES-D)	− .225^a	− .051	− .033	.258^a	.071	.125	.155	− .305 ^b	− .129	− .336^b	− .590^b	.625^b	–
14. Impact of Event (IES)	− .084	− .076	− .117	.067	.069	.115	.029	− .208^a	− .180	− .182	− .421^b	.354^b	.603^b	–
15. Optimism (LOT-R)	.382^b	.008	.144	− .148	.055	.092	− .109	.364^b	.028	.341^b	.303^b	− .252^b	− .501^b	− .334^b	–
16. Active coping (Brief COPE)	− .053	.064	.122	.029	.061	.136	.015	.156	.015	.299^b	.048	.013	− .052	.067	.142	–

DT, Distress Thermometer; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; IES, Impact of Event Scale; LOT-R, Life Orientation Test-Revised

Pre-op = 0; post-op = 1

^ap ≤ .05

^bp < .01