Table 12.

Correlations between health problems and MiniCOPE scales.

	Chronic Illness	Depression/ Mood Disorders	Anxiety Disorders	Other Mental Illnesses
Active coping	0.061	−0.035	0.048	0.014
Planning	0.059	−0.045	0.050	0.021
Seeking instrumental support	0.196 ***	0.040	0.075	0.058
Seeking emotional support	0.105	−0.054	0.045	0.042
A turn to religion	0.06	−0.020	0.054	−0.059
Positive re-evaluation and development	0.072	−0.110	−0.065	0.037
Refraining from action	0.065	0.176 ***	0.200 ***	0.019
Acceptance	0.021	0.038	0.042	0.068
Focusing on emotions and their discharge	0.033	0.048	0.086	0.044
Denial	−0.032	−0.040	−0.037	0.074
Distraction	0.080	0.067	0.052	0.019
Cessation of activities	0.087	0.188 ***	0.136 **	−0.008
Use of alcohol or other means	−0.001	0.128 **	0.186 ***	0.158 ***
Sense of humor	0.062	−0.049	−0.044	0.076

*** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05.