TABLE 4.

Coping strategies and psychological distress by age and gender.

Variables	Age				Gender
	≤ 35	> 35	t	p	Male	Female	t	p
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD			Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Adaptive coping (total)	1.98 ± 0.56	2.38 ± 0.59	2.96	0.01	2.49 ± 0.55	2.14 ± 0.39	1.67	0.04
Adaptive coping (strategies)
Active coping	1.47 ± 0.62	1.12 ± 0.91	0.82	0.12	1.37 ± 0.63	1.24 ± 0.73	0.42	0.17
Planning	1.72 ± 0.83	1.94 ± 0.73	1.63	0.02	1.86 ± 0.65	1.43 ± 0.96	1.91	0.02
Seeking instrumental support	1.32 ± 0.71	1.82 ± 0.83	2.12	0.01	1.67 ± 0.74	1.39 ± 0.64	1.88	0.01
Positive reframing	1.92 ± 0.97	2.15 ± 0.66	0.74	0.15	1.97 ± 0.83	2.62 ± 0.73	2.31	<0.001
Acceptance	2.09 ± 0.64	2.21 ± 0.53	0.81	0.28	1.86 ± 0.52	2.31 ± 0.67	−0.72	0.59
Sense of humour	1.62 ± 0.83	1.97 ± 0.92	1.93	0.03	1.41 ± 0.84	2.17 ± 0.79	2.66	0.001
Seeking emotional support	3.17 ± 0.92	3.42 ± 0.61	2.81	0.01	2.93 ± 0.46	3.29 ± 0.86	2.77	0.03
Turning to religion	2.21 ± 0.74	2.49 ± 0.72	0.64	0.88	1.94 ± 0.71	2.19 ± 0.64	0.73	0.23
Maladaptive coping (total)	2.32 ± 0.76	2.12 ± 0.41	1.84	0.03	2.05 ± 0.56	2.34 ± 0.82	2.89	<0.001
Maladaptive coping (strategies)
Self‐distraction	2.54 ± 0.34	2.12 ± 0.47	0.62	0.08	2.62 ± 0.51	2.91 ± 0.44	2.33	0.02
Denial	2.55 ± 0.37	2.34 ± 0.41	0.43	0.19	2.14 ± 0.62	2.89 ± 0.77	1.81	0.01
Venting	2.91 ± 0.81	2.29 ± 0.72	2.97	0.02	2.17 ± 0.87	2.82 ± 0.69	2.35	<0.001
Self‐blame	2.43 ± 0.93	1.73 ± 0.63	3.21	<0.001	1.72 ± 0.84	2.27 ± 0.74	2.91	0.03
Substance use	0.42 ± 0.72	0.82 ± 0.52	0.31	0.17	0.82 ± 0.39	0.67 ± 0.53	0.59	0.41
Behavioural disengagement	2.47 ± 0.53	2.31 ± 0.49	0.78	0.26	2.36 ± 0.45	2.51 ± 0.32	0.86	0.47
Psychological distress	5.62 ± 1.43	4.72 ± 1.14	2.73	<0.001	5.43 ± 1.37	5.91 ± 1.53	2.93	<0.001