Table 3 Correlations between the main study variables and descriptive statistics (N = 305)

Fear of cancer recurrence

1

Face

0.32^*

1

Evasive

0.284^**

0.209^**

1

Yield

0.251^**

-0.224^**

-0.066

1

Physical functioning

-0.471^**

-0.042

-0.435^**

-0.251^**

1

Role functioning

-0.181^**

-0.034

-0.044

-0.335^**

0.401^**

1

Emotional functioning

-0.563^**

0.164^**

-0.204^**

-0.340^**

0.405^**

0.183^**

1

Cognitive functioning

-0.392^**

0.163^**

-0.082

-0.244^**

0.410^**

0.126^*

0,617^**

1

Social functioning

-0.412^**

0.009

-0.127^*

-0.235^**

0.368^**

0.271^**

0.535^**

0.422^**

1

Global Health Status Scale

-0.175^**

0.269^**

0.027

-0.445^**

0.162^**

0.236^**

0.438^**

0.106^**

0.243^**

1