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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	−.12^a	.22^b	.07^ab	12.885	<.001
Job stress	−.11^a	.16^b	.14^b	10.245	<.001
Physician	−.14^a	.17^b	.24^b	19.591	<.001
Weather	−.08^a	−.06^a	.40^b	18.696	<.001
Considerate physical activity	.01^a	−.04^a	.03^a	0.529	ns
Coping maximes	(n = 583)	(n = 276)	(n = 155)
Aspiration to improvement	.09^a	−.19^b	.10^a	8.224	<.001
Acceptance of blame	.12^a	−.29^b	.00^a	16.463	<.001
Continuation of former life	−.06^a	.08^a	.12^a	3.085	<.05
Acquiescence in the condition	−.16^a	.19^b	.31^b	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.