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Table 7.

Stress coping strategies (BC) questionnaire scores.

Stress coping strategies (BC) questionnaire scores
Category	Stress coping strategy	BC score
Category	Stress coping strategy	Overall	Male	Female	p-Value
		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Self-distraction	I’ve been turning to work or other activities to take my mind off things	2.54 (0.98)	2.51 (0.98)	2.62 (0.97)	0.83
	I’ve been doing something to think about it less, such as going to movies, watching TV, reading, daydreaming, sleeping, or shopping	2.81 (0.95)	2.76 (0.96)	2.90 (0.91)	0.15
Active coping	I’ve been concentrating my efforts on doing something about the situation I’m in	2.81 (0.83)	2.79 (0.81)	2.86 (0.85)	0.57
Active coping	I’ve been taking action to try to make the situation better	3.15(0.76)	3.12(0.77)	3.21 (0.73)	0.97
Denial	I’ve been saying to myself “this isn’t real”^⁎	1.44 (0.79)	1.41 (0.72)	1.51 (0.91)	0.006
Denial	I’ve been refusing to believe that it has happened	1.59 (0.88)	1.63 (0.91)	1.52 (0.81)	0.07
Use of emotional support	I’ve been getting emotional support from others	2.45 (0.96)	2.46 (0.99)	2.42 (0.91)	0.10
Use of emotional support	I’ve been getting comfort and understanding from someone	2.65 (0.95)	2.64 (0.95)	2.68 (0.97)	0.66
Behavioral disengagement	I’ve been giving up trying to deal with it^⁎	1.61 (0.74)	1.58 (0.70)	1.63 (0.83)	0.036
Behavioral disengagement	I’ve been giving up the attempt to cope	1.71 (0.81)	1.67 (0.78)	1.77 (0.85)	0.42
Venting	I’ve been saying things to let my unpleasant feelings escape	2.21 (1.06)	2.22 (1.07)	2.16 (1.01)	0.27
Venting	I’ve been expressing my negative feelings	2.23 (0.93)	2.19 (0.90)	2.32 (0.97)	0.12
Use of instrumental support	I’ve been getting help and advice from other people	2.66 (0.94)	2.61 (0.95)	2.76 (0.92)	0.37
Use of instrumental support	I’ve been trying to get advice or help from other people about what to do	2.74 (0.93)	2.75 (0.93)	2.72 (0.94)	0.79
Positive reframing	I’ve been trying to see it in a different light, to make it seem more positive	2.71 (0.88)	2.70 (0.87)	2.70 (0.92)	0.32
Positive reframing	I’ve been looking for something good in what is happening	2.68 (0.89)	2.69 (0.87)	2.65 (0.94)	0.10
Self-blame	I’ve been criticizing myself	2.59 (0.91)	2.58 (0.88)	2.60 (0.97)	0.07
Self-blame	I’ve been blaming myself for things that happened^⁎⁎	2.51 (0.99)	2.51 (0.95)	2.50 (1.07)	0.017
Planning	I’ve been trying to come up with a strategy about what to do	2.92 (0.81)	2.88 (0.80)	3.03 (0.84)	0.88
Planning	I’ve been thinking hard about what steps to take	3.08 (0.82)	3.07 (0.82)	3.11 (0.81)	0.46
Humor	I’ve been making jokes about it	2.55 (1.07)	2.53 (1.06)	2.58 (1.10)	0.41
Humor	I’ve been making fun of the situation	2.16 (1.05)	2.17 (1.02)	2.11 (1.12)	0.07
Acceptance	I’ve been accepting the reality of the fact that it has happened	2.79 (0.91)	2.79 (0.89)	2.77 (0.95)	0.33
Acceptance	I’ve been learning to live with it	2.76 (0.81)	2.76 (0.78)	2.76 (0.84)	0.36
Religion	I’ve been trying to find comfort in my religion or spiritual beliefs	2.71 (0.91)	2.63 (0.88)	2.83 (0.93)	0.81
Religion	I’ve been praying or meditating	2.92 (0.89)	2.82 (0.86)	3.13 (0.93)	0.10

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Female mean scores are significantly higher than male mean scores.

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Male mean scores are significantly higher than female mean scores.