Effects of illness perception on negative emotions and fatigue in chronic rheumatic diseases: Rumination as a possible mediator

Table 3 Correlations among various components of illness perception, rumination, fatigue, and negative emotions among patients with chronic rheumatic diseases

Illness perception	Fatigue		Negative emotions		Rumination
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Identity of illness	0.482	< 0.001	0.507	< 0.001	0.422	0.002
Chronicity of illness	0.264	0.046	0.296	0.031	0.24	0.043
Cyclical nature of illness	0.477	< 0.001	0.48	< 0.001	0.416	0.002
Consequences of illness	0.451	0.001	0.489	< 0.001	0.443	0.001
Coherence of illness	-0.265	0.045	-0.257	0.063	-0.21	0.048
Rumination	0.703	< 0.001	0.626	< 0.001