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Table 4 Correlation between adopted health behavior and selected psychological factors with regard to gender

From: How does gender influence the recognition of cardiovascular risk and adherence to self-care recommendations?: a study in polish primary care

Factors

Health behaviors (total)

Dietary self-management

Preventive measures

Positive mental attitude

Healthy practices

 

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

Task-oriented coping style

.43*

-.23

.39*

-.13

.44**

-.27

.29

-.19

-.06

-.18

Emotion-oriented coping style

-.01

.03

-.02

.04

.11

.24

-.16

.00

-.11

-.19

Avoidant coping style

.38*

.19

.05

.10

.48**

.40*

.36

.13

.06

-.02

Cognitive appraisal-threat

-.34*

-.02

-.38*

-.22

-.18

.08

-.28

.10

-.29

.00

Cognitive appraisal-harm/loss

-.32*

.02

-.37*

-.03

-.16

.06

-.27

.01

-.25

.02

Cognitive appraisal-challenge

.22

.46*

.17

.11

.20

.56**

.23

.51**

.03

.29

Cardiovascular risk

.24

.27

.01

.22

.21

.20

.28

.22

.17

.23

Age

.32*

.36*

-.01

.22

.22

.35*

.32*

.31*

.41***

.27

Education

.01

.07

.12

.08

-.01

-.03

-.10

.09

-.05

.14

  1. Note: N = 134; F – females (N = 73); M – males (N = 61); *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001; Pearson correlations coefficients.