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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2008 Oct 19;140(2):368–375. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.09.007

Table 1.

PRI subscale means and standard deviations by coping cluster

Total (n = 246) F p Avoidant
copers (n = 37)
Dependent
copers (n = 54)
Self-reliant
copers (n = 57)
Engaged
copers (n = 29)
Infrequent
copers (n = 69)
Problem solving 2.45 (.83) 13.53 .00 2.25 (.69)a,b 2.61 (.72)b 2.44 (.78)a,b 3.28 (.65)c 2.11 (.82)a
Seeking social support 1.71 (.94) 23.77 .00 1.29 (.80)a 2.11 (.74)b 1.29 (.77)a 2.79 (.71)c 1.50 (.91)a
Rest 2.26 (.78) 10.55 .00 2.62 (.71)b 2.60 (.60)b 1.98 (.74)a 2.41 (.76)a,b 1.96 (.79)a
Self-isolation 1.11 (1.06) 52.87 .00 2.60 (.92)a 1.35 (.82)b 1.06 (.93)b .35 (.55)c .50 (.63)c
Disengagement .90 (.79) 33.77 .00 1.81 (.72)a 1.19 (.61)b .78 (.72)c .29 (.46)d .54 (.61)c.d
Catastrophizing 1.40 (.85) 33.87 .00 2.30 (.78)a 1.87 (.62)b .96 (.68)c 1.19 (.75)c 1.02 (.65)c
Acceptance 1.85 (.91) 36.88 .00 2.07 (.92)a 1.98 (.70)a 2.59 (.74)b 1.78 (.75)a 1.06 (.61)c
Minimizing 1.16 (1.01) 37.06 .00 1.39 (.95)a .75 (.66)b 2.19 (.98)c 1.02 (.88)a,b .57 (.60)b
Self-encouragement 2.10 (.95) 49.75 .00 1.91 (.85)a 1.81 (.59)a 2.99 (.62)b 2.81 (.80)b 1.39 (.74)c
Distract/Ignore 2.20 (.86) 20.20 .00 2.18 (.83)a 2.19 (.74)a 2.57 (.75)a,b 2.87 (.65)b 1.61 (.74)c
Stoicism 1.71 (1.00) 59.06 .00 2.40 (.65)a 1.51 (.70)b 2.67 (.74)a 1.10 (.83)b,c .96 (.70)c

Note. Within rows, means with different subscripts differ significantly at p < .005.