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Table 9 Correlations among CSFQ subscales scores and potential predictor variables by gender for People with Cancer (PWC)

From: Feeling well and talking about sex: psycho-social predictors of sexual functioning after cancer

  

Women

Variable

Sexual desire/frequency

Sexual desire/interest

Sexual arousal

Sexual orgasm

Sexual pleasure

Total sexual functioning

SF12-Physical component summary

.14**

.15**

.13**

.14**

.17**

.15**

SF12-Mental component summary

.20**

.07

.21**

.21**

.31**

.22**

HADS-Anxiety

-.11*

-.02

-.12**

-.10*

-.18**

-.16**

HADS-Depression

-.10*

-.05

-.14**

-.13**

-.18**

-.20**

Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS)

.28**

.04

.21**

.13**

.37**

.22**

Dyadic Sexual Communication (DSCS)

.35**

.18**

.31**

.31**

.46**

.34**

Silencing the Self Scale (STSS)

      

 Externalized self perception

-.20**

-.23**

-.26**

-.21**

-.27**

-.20**

 Silencing the self

-.24**

-.17**

-.15**

-.26**

-.25**

-.28**

 Care as self sacrifice

-.10*

-.18**

-.21**

-.21**

-.08

-.18**

 Divided self

-.34**

-15**

-.25**

-.28**

-.40**

-3.32**

   

Men

   

SF12-Physical component summary

.42**

.16

.16

.23*

.36**

.33**

SF12-Mental component summary

.16*

.11

.10

.10

.16*

.17*

HADS-Anxiety

.04

.02

-23**

-20*

-.04

-.11

HADS-Depression

.02

.03

-.19*

-.20*

-.06

-.09

Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS)

.21*

.09

.07

.12

.30**

.19*

Dyadic Sexual Communication (DSCS)

.17*

-.10

.06

.13

.43**

.11

Silencing the Self Scale (STSS)

      

 Externalized self perception

-.08

-.19*

-.03

-.06

-.07

-.15

 Silencing the self

-.25**

-.01

-.21*

-.24**

-.25**

-.24**

 Care as self sacrifice

-.28**

-.04

-.27**

-.25**

-.13

-.27**

 Divided self

-.12

-.03

-.09

-.10

-.29**

-.12

  1. Note. *p < .05; **p < .01, one-tailed.