Table 1.

Results of The Coping Orientations to Problems Questionnaire in tested groups.

	M (Patients with depression)	SD (Patients with depression)	M (Control group)	SD (Control group)	t	p
Active coping	10.63	2.09	12.00	1.39	−3.33	0.001
Planning	10.21	2.68	12.90	2.17	−4.91	0.000
Seeking social support for instrumental reasons	10.28	2.86	11.73	2.08	−2.55	0.012
Seeking social support for emotional reasons	9.46	3.00	10.77	3.43	−1.95	0.054
Suppression of competing activities	9.89	2.45	10.97	1.65	−2.22	0.028
Turning to religion	9.17	4.62	8.37	4.29	0.83	0.407
Positive reinterpretation	9.60	2.48	12.03	1.96	−4.83	0.000
Restraint coping	10.36	2.06	9.90	1.45	1.13	0.261
Acceptance	9.64	2.75	10.50	3.00	−1.43	0.156
Focus on emotions	11.76	2.39	10.93	2.35	1.63	0.107
Denial	7.31	2.12	6.13	1.81	2.70	0.008
Mental disengagement	8.51	1.74	7.93	2.10	1.47	0.145
Behavioral disengagement	9.26	2.80	5,87	2.15	6.00	0.000
Alcohol-drug disengagement	6.25	3.43	5.30	2.34	1.40	0.165
Sense of humor	5.83	1.99	7.07	2.64	−2.65	0.009

M – average; SD – standard deviation; t-value of Student’s – t test; p – level of statistical significance.