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. 2013 Nov 1;8(11):e78029. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078029

Table 4. Average factor scores of attributed causes and coping maxims by cultural group (bivariate analysis).

German-speaking(n = 580) French-speaking(n = 256) Italian-speaking(n = 160) F p
Attributed causes
Emotion and mood −.12a .22b .07ab 12.885 <.001
Job stress −.11a .16b .14b 10.245 <.001
Physician −.14a .17b .24b 19.591 <.001
Weather −.08a −.06a .40b 18.696 <.001
Considerate physical activity .01a −.04a .03a 0.529 ns
Coping maximes (n = 583) (n = 276) (n = 155)
Aspiration to improvement .09a −.19b .10a 8.224 <.001
Acceptance of blame .12a −.29b .00a 16.463 <.001
Continuation of former life −.06a .08a .12a 3.085 <.05
Acquiescence in the condition −.16a .19b .31b 21.218 <.001

Df = 2, 993 for the causes; df = 2, 1011 for the coping maxims. Superscripts indicate significance of pairwise comparisons in rows. Same letter means no significant difference. Based on Scheffe post-hoc tests.