Table 1.

Differences in Sexual Harassment Coping According to General Characteristics of Study Participants (N = 462).

Variables	Categories	N	%	Sexual harassment coping
				Totally coping responses				Externally coping responses				Internally coping responses
				mean	SD	t/F	p	mean	SD	t/F	p	mean	SD	t/F	p
Gender	Male	18	3.9	3.07	0.59	−2.32	.020	3.40	0.68	−2.28	.023	2.74	0.68	−1.56	.119
	Female	444	96.1	3.35	0.49			3.72	0.58			2.99	0.66
Age	25 lower	101	21.9	3.25	0.38	2.38	.045	3.64	0.46	1.39	.224	2.87	0.59	1.98	.079
(in years)	26–30	131	28.4	3.32	0.45			3.71	0.53			2.92	0.62
	31–35	90	19.5	3.47	0.59			3.81	0.68			3.12	0.73
	36–40	70	15.2	3.33	0.47			3.62	0.64			3.06	0.59
	41–45	44	9.5	3.30	0.56			3.71	0.71			2.9	0.71
	45 over	26	5.6	3.46	0.60			3.87	0.55			3.09	0.86
	Mean (SD)	32.15 (7.52)
Total career	5 lower	185	40.0	3.29	0.43	1.48	.228	3.67	0.53	0.86	.420	2.93	0.61	1.33	.265
(in years)	6–10	130	28.1	3.35	0.52			3.75	0.61			2.98	0.67
	11 over	147	31.8	3.38	0.55			3.72	0.64			3.05	0.72
	Mean (SD)	8.41 (6.80)
Current	ward	299	64.7	3.33	0.49	0.35	.702	3.68	0.61	0.69	.502	2.99	0.66	0.71	.493
department	special unit	114	24.7	3.33	0.45			3.74	0.54			2.91	0.65
	etc.	49	10.6	3.39	0.62			3.77	0.57			3.03	0.69
Work style	daytime a	116	25.1	3.34	0.53	5.94	.001	3.73	0.69	2.28	.078	2.99	0.66	5.88	.001
	3 shift b	283	61.3	3.39	0.48	b > a,d		3.74	0.55			3.05	0.64	a,b > d
	2 shift c	25	5.4	3.09	0.28			3.48	0.40			2.70	0.52
	Etc. d	38	8.2	3.10	0.56			3.56	0.61			2.64	0.74
	none	73	15.8	3.20	0.38	3.81	.010	3.65	0.47	1.16	.322	2.77	0.55	3.97	.008
	1	160	34.6	3.32	0.49			3.66	0.59			2.95	0.64
	2–3	136	29.4	3.44	0.51			3.78	0.61			3.10	0.66
	4 higher	93	20.1	3.34	0.55			3.72	0.62			3.02	0.72
Sexual harassment coping	Mean (SD)	3.34 (0.50)