Validation of the Sinhalese Version of Brief COPE Scale for patients with cancer in Sri Lanka

BMC Psychology

Table 4 Correlation between S-BC, CES-D, and WHOQOL-BREF

	S-BC subscales
	Adaptive coping		Maladaptive coping
	r	p	r	p
CES-D	− 0.362^*	< 0.05	0.349^*	< 0.05
Total QoL of WHOQOL-BREF	0.482^**	< 0.01	− 0.041	0.80
Physical domain of WHOQOL-BREF	0.506^**	< 0.01	− 0.117	0.47
Psychological domain of WHOQOL-BREF	0.338^*	< 0.05	0.040	0.80
Social domain of WHOQOL-BREF	0.328^*	< 0.05	− 0.030	0.85
Environmental domain of WHOQOL-BREF	0.415^**	< 0.01	0.029	0.85

r, correlation coefficient; CES-D, Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale; QoL, Quality of Life; WHOQOL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief scale; p < 0.05* and p < 0.01**

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