Table 3.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Sample Sizes of the Key Variables within Religious Coping Class

		High Stable						Decreasing						Low Stable						Increasing

		Male			Female			Male			Female			Male			Female			Male			Female

		M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n

Externalizing Behavior	T1	1.56	.59	32	1.31	.40	43	1.69	.62	63	1.28	.22	70	1.57	.39	68	1.32	.29	62	1.60	.45	32	1.31	.22	28
	T2	1.52	.49	47	1.23	.21	76	1.67	.61	111	1.24	.19	115	1.48	.32	104	1.29	.21	95	1.58	.43	62	1.34	.31	53
	T3	1.48	.49	36	1.17	.16	61	1.44	.43	79	1.22	.21	92	1.32	.23	70	1.24	.17	77	1.66	.55	47	1.26	.30	45
	T4	1.30	.24	9	1.17	.14	29	1.32	.26	31	1.18	.13	33	1.29	.21	16	1.19	.14	30	1.65	.72	20	1.17	.29	19
Prosocial behavior	T1	3.74	.60	32	3.9	.51	43	3.46	.57	63	3.72	.55	70	3.37	.57	68	3.85	.63	62	3.25	.69	32	3.60	.55	28
	T2	3.66	.58	47	3.8	.61	76	3.33	.59	111	3.77	.61	115	3.34	.65	104	3.88	.60	95	3.45	.68	62	3.75	.53	53
	T3	3.74	.57	36	3.9	.62	61	3.48	.67	79	3.77	.56	92	3.45	.68	70	3.92	.65	77	3.34	.67	47	3.74	.61	45
	T4	3.70	.32	9	3.9	.66	29	3.46	.57	31	3.88	.76	33	3.33	.46	16	3.87	.69	30	3.50	.58	20	4.06	.52	19
Deviant peer Involvement	T1	1.6	.96	31	1.45	.96	43	1.73	1.12	70	1.43	.86	70	1.58	.82	68	1.58	.88	62	1.77	1.03	32	1.57	.99	28
	T2	1.6	.93	47	1.40	.65	76	1.93	1.02	115	1.53	.78	115	1.88	.89	103	1.67	.82	95	1.87	1.03	62	1.47	.87	53
	T3	1.9	1.47	36	1.43	.75	60	2.00	1.01	92	1.70	1.08	92	1.87	.71	70	1.79	.85	77	2.45	1.76	47	1.42	.58	45
	T4	1.6	.65	9	1.26	.41	29	1.83	.74	33	1.53	.63	33	2.04	.55	16	1.86	.80	30	2.21	1.05	20	1.34	.54	19
Religiosity	T3	4.61	1.43	31	4.91	1.38	56	2.75	1.44	64	3.19	1.30	77	1.35	1.39	55	1.76	1.55	70	3.49	1.82	37	4.41	1.37	39
Religiosity	T4	4.25	1.04	8	4.86	1.48	29	2.81	1.14	31	3.22	1.39	32	1.38	1.71	16	2.21	1.40	29	3.60	1.67	20	4.89	1.20	19
Religious participation	T3	1.48	.51	31	1.59	.50	56	1.91	.29	67	1.84	.37	79	2.00	.00	55	1.94	.23	70	1.78	.42	37	1.76	.43	38
Religious participation	T4	1.56	.53	9	1.66	.48	29	1.90	.30	31	1.81	.40	32	2.00	.00	16	1.90	.31	29	1.75	.44	20	1.72	.46	18

Note. M = mean, SD = standard deviation, n = sample size, T = time.