Interpretation of illness in cancer survivors is associated with health-related variables and adaptive coping styles

Table 3 Mean values with respect to demographic data (analyses of variance)

		Weakness/failure	Punishment	Relieving break	Call for help/strategy	Value	Challenge	Interrupt/loss	Enemy/threat
		guilt-associated negative		strategy-associated		positive		fatalistic negative
All patients	Mean	0.77	0.78	1.27	1.60	1.96	2.34	1.88	1.45
	SD	1.01	0.96	1.22	1.31	1.35	1.32	1.29	1.23
< 50 years	Mean	0.73	0.51	1.09	1.47	1.93	2.60	2.09	1.62
	SD	1.07	0.94	1.18	1.36	1.48	1.34	1.33	1.44
50–60 years	Mean	0.70	0.78	1.33	1.76	2.14	2.51	1.80	1.44
	SD	0.98	0.95	1.28	1.35	1.37	1.28	1.25	1.22
61–70 years	Mean	0.81	0.84	1.27	1.52	1.81	2.13	1.90	1.42
	SD	1.01	0.98	1.20	1.28	1.31	1.34	1.34	1.20
> 70 years	Mean	0.92	0.86	1.31	1.38	2.00	2.29	1.93	1.43
	SD	1.04	0.95	1.03	0.96	1.30	0.99	0.92	1.02
F-value		0.607	2.935	0.463	1.260	0.437	1.593	1.393	0.342
p-value		n.s.	0.033	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Christian denomination	Mean	0.80	0.80	1.33	1.66	2.07	2.51	1.85	1.46
	SD	1.02	0.97	1.22	1.30	1.30	1.21	1.22	1.17
None	Mean	0.69	0.73	1.16	1.47	1.70	1.97	1.97	1.46
	SD	0.98	0.96	1.23	1.32	1.43	1.44	1.43	1.36
F-value		0.724	14.346	1.522	1.850	1.003	6.364	0.406	0.001
p-value		n.s.	0.000	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	0.012	n.s.	n.s.
Breast cancer	Mean	0.72	0.75	1.25	1.55	1.99	2.37	1.89	1.46
	SD	0.97	0.96	1.23	1.33	1.34	1.30	1.30	1.25
Colorectal cancer	Mean	1.08	1.00	1.23	1.71	1.69	1.71	1.58	1.62
	SD	1.26	0.91	1.01	0.99	1.03	1.07	0.90	0.96
Ovarian cancer	Mean	0.38	0.54	1.08	2.00	1.77	2.31	1.23	1.15
	SD	0.51	0.78	1.32	1.35	1.69	1.65	1.09	1.14
Other localizations	Mean	1.13	0.93	1.47	1.82	1.87	2.34	2.07	1.38
	SD	1.16	1.04	1.20	1.21	1.47	1.38	1.34	1.19
F-value		1.650	1.093	0.514	1.038	3.365	0.389	0.935	0.397
p-value		n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	0.019	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.

There were no significant differences with respect to the family status, educational level, duration of disease and Body Mass Index

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