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Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2009 Oct;32(5):480–492. doi: 10.1002/nur.20344

Table 2. Significant Differences in Beliefs and Preferred Coping by Age Group.

	Young Mean (SD)	Middle Mean (SD)	Older Mean (SD)	p-Value for Post Hoc Test
Causal factors
Alcohol and other drugs	3.1 (.92)^a	3.4 (.90)^b	3.6 (.81)^b	.001
Unlikely causes	2.6 (.63)^a	2.6 (.81)^a	3.0 (.60)^b	.05
Coping
Religious	3.4 (.64)^a	3.5 (.54)^a	3.7 (.44)^b	.05
Treatment-seeking	2.8 (.60)^a	2.9 (.61)^a	3.2 (.57)^b	.05
Avoidance	2.0 (.79)^a	2.0 (.80)^a	1.6 (.77)^b	.05

Note: Means within the same row with differing superscripts (i.e.,^a,b) are significantly different based on Least Significance Difference tests, (LSD).