Research Article

Biopsychosocial Correlates of Adjustment to Cancer during Chemotherapy: The Key Role of Health-Related Quality of Life

Table 2

Reliability and validity of the latent variables.

Latent VariableAVECR1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.

1. Anxious Preoccupation (AP).85.92.92
2. Avoidance (AV).76.90.43.87
3. Fatalism (FA).88.94.09.24.93
4. Fighting Spirit (FS).65.79.03.22.35.81
5. Helplessness-Hopelessness (HH).80.92.56.16.00-.14.89
6. Mental Health (MH).57.80-.49-.24-.06.09-.48.75
7. Physical Health (PH).55.88-.27-.03.04.04-.28.63.74
8. Positive Thinking Coping (PTC).49.85-.32-.05.16.33-.39.30.16.70
9. Social Provision (SP).59.88-.14.07.28.37-.19.21.14.35.77

Note: p<.001; p<.01; p< .05. Bold coefficients in the diagonal are the squared roots of AVE. Coefficients below the diagonal are correlations among the latent variables in the model.
Legend: AVE = Average Variance Extracted; CR = composite reliability.