Table 3.
Descriptive values of coping strategies from the EFK for the whole group, with reference values from a German normative population.
| Scale | M | SD | Ref. M | Ref. SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action-oriented, problem-focused coping | 2.46 | .81 | 2.24 | .88 |
| Distance and self-construction | 2.10 | .70 | 1.96 | .78 |
| Information-seeking and experience-sharing | 1.19 | .85 | 1.42 | .93 |
| Trivialization, wishful thinking, and threat defense | 1.08 | .66 | 1.22 | .71 |
| Depressive processing | 0.87 | .71 | 0.71 | .70 |
| Willingness to accept help | 1.62 | .80 | 1.48 | .76 |
| Active search for social inclusion | 1.83 | .81 | 1.93 | .89 |
| Trust in medical art | 3.30 | .58 | 2.46 | .79 |
| Working out an inner support | 1.14 | .71 | 1.32 | .81 |
M = mean; SD = standard deviation; Ref = reference; Minimum score 0, maximum score 4.