Table 2.

Correlations between variables and discriminant function product by the model comparing a female cancer group n= 236 with a control group n= 232.

Dimension assessed	Correlation score
Sense of mastery	.149
Anxiety scale HADS	.331
Depression scale HADS	.590
Beck Depression Inventory BDI	-.102
Friends social perceived Support	.088
Family social perceived Support	-.028
Others social perceived Support	.071
Cumulative effect recent life events	.413
Cumulative effect early life events	.502

Note. Person’s Correlations between the Discriminant Model’s Variables and the Standardized Canonical Discriminant Function (structure matrix). In general, 0.30 is considered to be the cut-off between relevant and less relevant variables.