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Table 3 Correlations among sociodemographic – medical characteristics, anxiety and coping strategies (n = 161).

From: The relationship between anxiety, coping strategies and characteristics of patients with diabetes

Variables

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Sociodemographic characteristics

                      

   Age (1)

1

.00

-.17*

-.12

.13

.46**

.21**

.05

.01

.09

.21**

.11

.06

.12

-.08

-.18*

.10

-.03

-.14

.05

-.01

.13

   Gender (2)

 

1

.46**

.19*

-.00

-.02

-.13

.38**

-.02

-.08

-.10

-.10

-.08

-.29

-.09

-.10

-06

-.28**

.02

-.27**

.03

.10

   Educational status (3)

  

1

.63**

-.07

-.13

-.15

.44**

-.00

-.24**

.06

.02

-.02

-.24**

-.24**

-.01

.01

-.20**

.01

-.29**

-.11

-.04

   Monthly income (4)

   

1

-.13

-.08

-.03

.31**

-.05

-.30**

-.05

-.03

-.09

-.26**

-.08

.04

-.09

-.04

.01

-.23**

-.15

-.09

   Family Type (5)

    

1

.16*

.01

-.03

.04

.00

.00

.23**

-.01

.17*

-.03

-.05

.06

.03

-.04

-.09

-.05

.21**

Medical characteristics

                      

   Type of Diabetes (6)

     

1

-.01

-.15

.28**

.04

.14

.09

.01

.16*

.14

-.14

.17*

-.06

-.14

.00

-.11

-.26**

   Duration of Diabetes (7)

      

1

.03

-.04

.03

.00

.06

-.15*

-.18*

-.33**

.04

.06

-.07

-.04

-.02

-.01

.15

Trait Anxiety (8)

       

1

-.30**

-.39**

-.05

-.19*

-.13

-.05

-.29**

-.08

-.29**

-.23**

-.12

.01

.02

-.00

Coping Strategies

                      

   Problem-focused strategies

                      

Acceptance (9)

        

1

.26**

.24**

.35**

.05

.02

.11

.09

.17*

-.08

.01

-.20*

-.03

-.15*

Religion (10)

         

1

.03

.26**

.11

.02

.24**

-.10

.21**

.09

.08

.06

.05

-.03

Planning (11)

          

1

.31**

.09

.32**

.04

.04

.17*

-.12

.07

-.26**

-.08

-.06

Positive Reframing (12)

           

1

.29**

.32**

.25**

.13

.33**

.16*

.09

-.12

-.00

-.04

Using Instrumental Support (13)

            

1

.14

.31**

-.13

.09

.50

.34**

.07

-.16*

.01

Active Coping (14)

             

1

.23**

.10

.17*

.02

-.12

.01

.14

.02