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Table 7 Correlations: disclosure status with four illness identity variables; rejection, acceptance, engulfment and enrichment

From: A cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a scale to assess illness identity in adults living with a chronic illness in South Africa: a case of HIV

N

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

1

Disclosure status

2

 Rejection

− 0.08

    

0.44

    

90

    

3

 Acceptance

0.30**

− 0.24*

   

< 0.01

0.03

   

90

90

   

4

 Engulfment

− 0.04

0.31**

− 0.19

  

0.69

< 0.01

0.07

  

90

90

90

  

5

 Enrichment

0.07

− 0.08

0.49**

− 0.07

 

0.52

0.46

< 0.01

0.5

 

90

90

90

90

 
  1. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  2. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)