General strain

Isolation

Disap-pointment

Emo-tional involvement

Environment

QoL as a whole^***

External life conditions

Interper-sonal relationships

Internal psychological states

Quality of personal economy

Gender

Next of kin’s own illness

Civil status^****

General strain

1.000

Isolation

0.471^**

1.000

Disappointment

0.688^**

0.593^**

1.000

Emotional involvement

0.499^**

0.247^*

0.345^**

1.000

Environment

0.535^**

0.244^*

0.487^**

0.202

1.000

QoL as a whole^***

−0.435^**

−0.402^**

−0.385^**

−0.197

−0.179

1.000

External life conditions

−0.565^**

−0.337^**

−0.400^**

−0.046

−0.376^**

0.532^**

1.000

Interpersonal relationships

−0.350^**

−0.254^*

−0.318^**

0.319^**

0.077

0.527^**

0.385^**

1.000

Internal psychological states

−0.483^**

−0.359^**

−0.362^**

0.287^**

0.111

0.824^**

0.531^**

0.508^**

1.000

Quality of personal economy

−0.406^**

−0.321^**

−0.409^**

−0.117

−0.279^*

0.227^*

0.685^**

0.111

0.350^**

1.000

Gender

0.191

0.179

0.255^*

0.302^**

0.159

−0.091

−0.125

0.001

−0.093

−0.279^*

1.000

Next of kin’s own illness

−0.216

−0.257^*

−0.217^*

0.052

0.176

0.372^**

0.312^**

0.028

0.413^**

0.227^*

−0.034

1.000

Civil status^****

−0.083

0.066

0.010

−0.034

−0.058

0.049

−0.105

0.195

0.048

0.126

0.873

−0.151

1.000