The Dyadic Effects of Self-Efficacy on Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer Patient and Family Caregiver Dyads: The Mediating Role of Benefit Finding, Anxiety, and Depression
Table 2
Correlations between self-efficacy and other outcome variables in cancer patients and family caregivers dyads (n = 772).
Variables
CP1: self-efficacy
value
FC1: self-efficacy
value
Variables of cancer patients
CP1: self-efficacy
—
0.418
<0.001
CP2: benefit finding
0.432
<0.001
0.319
<0.001
CP3: anxiety
−0.418
<0.001
−0.164
<0.001
CP4: depression
−0.430
<0.001
−0.190
<0.001
CP5: MCS
0.339
<0.001
0.100
0.007
CP6: PCSDSB
0.193
<0.001
0.047
0.215
Variables of family caregivers
FC1: self-efficacy
0.418
<0.001
—
FC2: benefit finding
0.194
<0.001
0.468
<0.001
FC3: anxiety
−0.187
<0.001
−0.296
<0.001
FC4: depression
−0.188
<0.001
−0.351
<0.001
FC5: MCS
0.144
<0.001
0.281
<0.001
FC6: PCS
0.071
0.058
0.241
<0.001
Note: CP = cancer patients; FC = family caregivers; MCS = mental component summary; PCS = physical component summary.
