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Table 7.<br />

BiopsychosociaJ Effects Among Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients 43<br />

Correlation Matrix for Coping -Problem Focused and Social Support<br />

BRIEF COPE (COPE-PF) SSB (SOCIAL SUPPORT)<br />

Brief Cope (Cope-PF) -.050<br />

SSB (Social Support) -.050<br />

n=74<br />

*p< .05, two tails<br />

Hypothesis 4b predicted a negative correlation between Coping (measured by The<br />

Brief Cope Problem-Focused Scale) and depression (measured by the BDI-II). The<br />

Pearson's r coefficient examined the data and found significant, negative relationship<br />

between CABO participants style <strong>of</strong> coping and reported depression levels.<br />

Table 8.<br />

Correlation Matrix for Coping -Problem Focused and Depression<br />

BRIEF COPE (COPE-PF) BDI-II (DEPRESSION)<br />

Brief Cope (Cope-PF) .159<br />

BDI-II (Depression) .159<br />

n=74<br />

*p< .05, two tails<br />

Hypothesis 4c predicted there would be a significant, positive correlation between<br />

Coping (The Brief Cope Problem-Focused Scale) and health related quality <strong>of</strong> life (The<br />

Mac-New HRQL). The measure <strong>of</strong> correlation between the variables approached

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