TABLE 2.

Correlations, means and standard deviations for the study variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. Avg. Depression	0.23 *	0.76**	0.35**	0.32**	−0.31**	−0.09	−0.20	0.01	−0.05	−0.23*	0.10	0.31**
2. Avg. Psy. Adjustment	−0.75**	0.24 *	−0.48**	−0.32**	0.21	0.02	0.22	−0.01	0.15	0.41**	−0.31**	−0.46**
3. Avg. Cancer Distress	0.61**	−0.59**	0.22	0.47**	−0.18	−0.13	0.09	−0.19	0.01	−0.10	0.31**	0.40**
4. Avg. Cancer Concerns	0.56**	−0.48**	0.56**	0.39**	−0.25*	−0.01	−0.03	−0.16	0.11	−0.02	0.16	0.27*
5. Age	−0.18	0.19	−0.26*	−0.12	0.81**	0.54**	0.18	−0.06	−0.18	0.14	−0.21	−0.33**
6. Rel. Length	0.02	−0.02	−0.08	−0.02	0.40**	1.00	0.08	0.00	−0.05	0.25*	−0.14	−0.14
7. Stage	0.14	−0.06	0.09	0.13	0.06	0.08	1.00	−0.02	0.01	−0.10	−0.01	0.08
8. Bowel Function	−0.38**	0.24*	−0.49**	−0.31**	−0.03	0.00	−0.02	1.00	−0.34**	−0.08	0.09	−0.20
9. BL Disclosure	−0.20	0.18	−0.05	−0.10	−0.00	0.07	−0.02	−0.12	0.23 *	0.36**	−0.20	−0.04
10. BL Perceived Responsiveness	−0.27*	0.27*	0.25*	0.26*	0.21	0.20	−0.21	0.09	0.39**	0.44 **	−0.38**	−0.30**
11. BL Mutual Avoid.	0.15	−0.26*	0.24*	0.28*	−0.18	−0.26*	0.05	−0.17	−0.20	−0.58**	0.31 **	0.40**
12. BL Holding Back	0.31**	−0.30**	0.32**	0.51**	−0.19	−0.07	0.00	−0.11	−0.28*	−0.33**	0.32**	0.19
Patient
M	3.63	183.75	18.37	2.24	61.19	26.95	3.01	15.33	4.95	6.24	6.41	1.78
SD	3.10	20.39	16.21	0.77	7.57	13.49	0.81	2.95	1.82	1.09	3.85	0.77
Spouse
M	3.68	180.65	18.32	2.42	57.46	26.95	3.01	15.33	4.54	5.99	7.57	2.25
SD	3.46	21.42	16.38	0.64	8.24	13.49	0.81	2.95	1.82	1.34	4.81	0.94

Note: Bolded correlations are those between the patient and spouses scores. Correlations below the diagonal are for patients and those above the diagonal are for spouses. 'Avg’ indicates that the variable was averaged across the four waves of data collection for the purposes of this Table. ‘BL’ indicate that the variable was measured at baseline.

Abbreviations: Avoid., avoidant communication; Rel., relationship.

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01.