Table 4.

Bivariate correlations between psychological variables and coping strategies and somatization and number of diseases in each sex.

	Men, n = 381		Women, n = 627
Variable	Somatization	Number of Diseases	Somatization	Number of Diseases
Depression	0.566 **	0.423 **	0.631 **	0.449 **
Anxiety	0.604 **	0.462 **	0.622 **	0.444 **
Stress	0.496 **	0.383 **	0.525 **	0.365 **
Sleep quality	−0.571 **	−0.348 **	−0.589 **	−0.430 **
Coping strategies
Religion	−0.090	−0.035	−0.101 *	−0.044
Substance use	0.108 *	0.122 *	0.212 **	0.188 **
Self-blame	0.353 **	0.204 **	0.340 **	0.278 **
Behavioral disengagement	0.193 **	0.098	0.216 **	0.106 **
Emotional support	0.019	−0.038	0.018	0.055
Instrumental support	0.045	−0.070	0.057	0.079
Active coping	−0.112 *	−0.114 *	−0.075	0.007
Planning	−0.036	0.073	−0.106 **	−0.010
Self-distraction	0.167 **	0.105 *	0.197 **	0.098 *
Denial	0.168 **	0.019	0.267 **	0.146 **
Positive reframing	−0.042	−0.089	−0.045	−0.002
Acceptance	−0.061	−0.087	−0.062	−0.003
Humor	0.047	−0.115 *	0.156 **	0.092 *

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. p value obtained with Spearman correlation test.