diagnosed more recently showed more denial of the facts or

implications of their illness. Higher values of repudiation,

or the degree to which help and support were rejected, were

also associated with a shorter period of time between the

individual's diagnosis and the initial interview but the

relationships were not significant at the .05 level. On the

basis of these findings, this null hypothesis was rejected.


Table 30

Correlations Between Co-morbidity and Selected Psychosocial
Variables


 a
Variable Pearson r


Turmoil .61*
Powerlessness .55
Worthlessness .52
Denial .47
Anxiety .36
Repudiation .35
Frustration .19
Hopelessness .18
Exhaustion .18
Time perspective .05
Truculence .04
Abandonment .02
Depression .01
Total vulnerability .34


a n = 12.
* p <.05.