Description of studies included in the meta-analysis.

aThe way they were classified in the coding processNote.Coping measures: MAC = Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Greer & Watson, 1987); Mini-MAC = Mini-mental Adjustment to cancer (Watson, Law, dos Santos, Greer, Baruch, & Bliss, 1994); CISS = Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (Endler & Parker, 1990); CSI = Coping Strategies Inventory (Tobin, Holroyd, Reynolds, & Wigal, 1989); CHIP = Coping with Health Injuries and Problems scale (Endler, Parker, & Summerfeldt, 1998); WOC = Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980); FQC = Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping with Illness (Muthny, 1988); RSQ-CV = Responses to Stress questionnaire - cancer version (Compas, et al., 2006); RCOPE = Religious coping scale (Pargament, Koenig, & Perez, 2000); UCL = Utrecht Coping List (Schreurs & van de Willige, 1988). Types of coping: Acc = Acceptance; ADD = Alcohol/Drug Disengagement; App = Approach; BD = Behavioral Disengagement; DA = Direct Action; DC = Disengagement Coping; EA/Di = Escape/Avoidance/Distancing; EF = Emotion Focused; FS = Fighting Spirit; Ho = Hopelessness; PCC = Primary Control Coping; PF = Problem Focused; Pl = Planning; PR = Positive Reappraisal; Ru = Rumination; SB = Self-Blame; SC = Self-Controlling; SCC = Secondary Control Coping; SI = Social Isolation; Sp = Spirituality; SSS = Seeking Social Support; V = Venting. Outcomes: NA = negative affect; PA = positive affect; PH = physical health.Description of studies included in the meta-analysis.