Table 3.

Control Strategy Use by Level of Vision Impairment

	Vision Impairment
	Mild		Moderate		Severe
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	χ2
Selective Primary Control (SPC)	32	43	72	51	87	59	5.73†
SPC Effort	22	29	41	29	51	35	1.31
SPC Fight Difficulty	12	16	24	17	35	24	2.94
SPC Skills	7	9	13	9	19	13	1.26
SPC Time	3	4	10	7	15	10	2.83
SPC Treatment Seeking	4	5	12	9	11	8	.70
Compensatory Primary Control (CPC)	74	99	142	100	147	100	3.86
CPC Other Means	70	93	137	97	146	99	6.27*
CPC Aid	73	97	136	96	134	91	4.51†
CPC Informal Help Initiated	46	61	109	77	121	82	12.04**
CPC Informal Help Accepted	41	55	99	70	118	80	15.93***
CPC Help Formal	21	28	66	47	77	52	12.12**
CPC Enable	6	8	11	8	11	8	.02
CPC Advice	0	0	1	0	1	0	.52
Selective Secondary Control (SSC)	15	20	27	19	34	23	.79
SSC Positive Outlook	3	4	8	6	18	12	6.33*
SSC Enhance Value	5	7	5	4	9	6	1.39
SSC Devalue	6	8	6	4	4	3	3.31
SSC Affective Support Accepted	0	0	6	4	6	4	3.23
SSC Enhance Control	2	3	2	1	4	3	.68
SSC Affective Support Initiated	0	0	3	2	2	1	1.62
SSC Positive Consequences	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.97
Compensatory Secondary Control (CSC)	52	69	112	79	117	80	3.34
CSC Focus Other	24	32	51	36	61	42	2.12
CSC Social Comparison	21	28	46	32	42	29	.67
CSC Attribute	17	23	25	18	24	16	1.39
CSC Disengage	13	17	26	18	27	18	.04
CSC Don’t Dwell	7	9	14	10	2	1	10.26**
CSC Anticipate	2	3	3	2	8	5	2.55
CSC Intraindividual Comparison	23	31	56	39	60	41	2.32
CSC Humor	0	0	3	2	3	2	1.59

Note: ^†p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001; df = 2.