Table 3.

Association between collaborative and deferring coping efforts and sociodemographic characteristics, clinical factors, and BRCA1/2 risk perception among African American women at increased risk for hereditary disease (n = 95)

		Collaborative coping		Deferring coping
Variable	Level	Mean (SD)	t Value	Mean (SD)	t Value
Age	≤50	24.6 (4.3)	0.93	19.8 (6.6)	0.20
	>50	23.6 (5.5)		20.0 (5.7)
Marital status	Not married	24.5 (4.2)	0.82	20.2 (5.6)	0.83
	Married	23.5 (6.0)		19.1 (7.4)
Education level	≥Some college	23.6 (5.0)	1.56	18.5 (6.0)	3.06a
	≤High school	25.2 (4.4)		22.4 (5.8)
Employment status	Employed	23.5 (5.2)	1.82b	19.2 (6.2)	1.45
	Not employed	25.4 (3.8)		21.1 (6.1)
Income level	≤$35 000	24.9 (4.2)	1.50	21.3 (5.9)	2.61a
	>$35 000	23.4 (5.4)		18.1 (6.2)
Cancer historyc	Affected	24.5 (4.4)	0.82	20.5 (6.3)	1.60
	Unaffected	23.6 (5.6)		18.4 (5.9)
Family history of cancer	Two or more relatives	23.3 (5.2)	2.16d	19.2 (6.2)	1.13
	Fewer than 2 relatives	25.4 (4.0)		20.7 (6.2)
BRCA1/2 prior probability	10% or higher	24.1 (4.6)	0.24	20.1 (6.2)	0.44
	5%-9%	24.3 (5.1)		19.5 (6.2)
BRCA1/2 perceived risk	Likely to have a mutation	23.5 (4.9)	2.38d	19.3 (6.3)	1.50
	Not likely to have a mutation	26.0 (4.2)		21.4 (5.7)

^aP < 0.01.

^bP < 0.10.

^cAffected indicates personal history of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, or both; unaffected indicates no personal history of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, or both.

^dP < 0.05.