Table 4.
Association between age categories of the study’s population to the coping strategies adopted by them
| Variable | Category | 7–12 years old | 13–18 years old | 7–18 years old | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiritual/emotional coping strategy | Did not use | 259 (6.2%) | 249 (10.1%) | 508 (7.7%) | < .001 |
| Somewhat felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 1409 (34.0%) | 1030 (41.9%) | 2439 (36.9%) | ||
| Always felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 2480 (59.8%) | 1181 (48.0%) | 3661 (55.4%) | ||
| Cognitive coping strategy | Did not use | 360 (8.7%) | 341 (13.9%) | 701 (6.6%) | < .001 |
| Somewhat felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 2590 (62.4%) | 1630 (66.3%) | 4220 (63.9%) | ||
| Always felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 1198 (28.9%) | 489 (19.9%) | 1687 (25.5%) | ||
| Physical coping strategy | Did not use | 1148 (27.7%) | 783 (31.8%) | 1931 (29.2%) | .001 |
| Somewhat felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 2264 (54.6%) | 1275 (51.8%) | 3539 (53.6%) | ||
| Always felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 736 (17.7%) | 402 (16.3%) | 1138 (17.2%) | ||
| Social coping strategy | Did not use | 160 (3.9%) | 219 (8.9%) | 379 (5.7%) | < .001 |
| Somewhat felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 1265 (30.5%) | 995 (40.4%) | 2260 (34.2%) | ||
| Always felt comfortable and maintained practicing | 2723 (65.6%) | 1246 (50.7%) | 3969 (60.1%) |