The Mediating Role of Dysfunctional Coping in the Relationship between Beliefs about the Disease and the Level of Depression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Descriptive statistics, 𝛼-Cronbach reliability coefficients, and values of correlation coefficients between the measured variables.

	M	SD	𝛼	(1) (a)	(1) (b)	(1) (c)	(1) (d)	(1) (e)	(1) (f)	(1) (g)	(1) (h)	(1) (i)	(2)
(1) Beliefs about the disease
(a) Acuteness-chronicity	23.05	4.22	0.84
(b) Consequences of the disease	22.59	4.01	0.73	0.35**
(c) Self-control	17.94	3.60	0.71	−0.19**	−0.13
(d) Treatment control	16.44	2.99	0.65	−0.16*	−0.17*	0.30**
(e) Sense of coherence	15.57	3.66	0.73	0.15*	−0.11	−0.09	0.07
(f) Cyclicality of symptoms	14.14	2.77	0.74	0.13	0.30**	0.02	0.12	−0.27**
(g) Emotional representation	20.91	5.15	0.86	0.09	0.32**	−0.02	−0.11	−0.35**	0.17*
(h) Psychological causes	15.64	4.80	0.79	−0.23**	0.01	0.16*	−0.02	−0.28**	0.19**	0.25**
(i) Risk factors	16.78	4.83	0.75	−0.25**	−0.01	0.06	0.01	−0.35**	0.14*	−0.04	0.55**
(2) Level of depression	22.58	12.05	0.92	−0.14*	0.07	−0.03	−0.20**	−0.30**	0.08	0.42**	0.25**	−0.17*
(3) Dysfunctional coping	13.38	5.37	0.84	−0.13	0.09	0.08	−0.11	−0.25**	0.13*	0.19**	0.23**	0.33**	0.40**

^∗𝑃<0.05 and ^∗∗𝑃<0.01.