Table 4. Reported use of coping strategies by history of forced sexual initiation and self-reported HIV status.

Coping strategies	History of forced sexual initiation among sexually active adolescents (N = 436)				HIV status of sexually active adolescents with a history of forced sexual initiation (N = 81)
	History of FSI (n = 81)	No History of FSI (n = 355)	X2	P value	HIV positive (n = 53)	HIV negative (n = 28)	X2	P value
ADAPTIVE RESPONSE
Seek social support	42 (52.5%)	181 (51.0%)	0.02	0.89	27 (50.9%)	15 (53.6%)	0.05	0.82
Planful problem solving	44 (55.0%)	157 (44.2%)	2.71	0.10	27 (50.9%)	17 (60.7%)	0.70	0.40
Religion	46 (57.5%)	166 (46.8%)	2.66	0.10	36 (68.0%)	10 (35.7%)	7.75	0.005
Positive appraisal	29 (36.3%)	111 (31.3%)	0.62	0.43	18 (34.0%)	11 (39.3%)	0.23	0.64
Acceptance	34 (42.5%)	145 (40.8%)	0.03	0.85	21 (39.6%)	13 (46.4%)	0.35	0.56
Humor	19 (23.8%)	91 (25.6%)	0.17	0.68	12 (22.6%)	6 (21.4%)	0.02	0.90
Journaling	4 (5.0%)	39 (11.0%)	2.71	0.10	3 (5.7%)	1 (3.6%)	0.17	1.00
Overall	68 (84.0%)	287 (80.8%)	0.42	0.52	45 (84.9%)	23 (82.1%)	0.001	0.97
AVOIDANCE RESPONSES
Confrontation	35 (43.8%)	152 (42.8%)	0.004	0.95	23 (43.4%)	12 (42.9%)	0.002	0.96
Escape/denial	14 (17.5%)	73 (20.6%)	0.44	0.51	9 (17.0%)	5 (17.9%)	0.010	0.92
Mental disengagement	25 (31.3%)	91 (25.6%)	0.92	0.34	17 (32.1%)	8 (28.6%)	0.11	0.75
Behavioral disengagement	23 (28.8%)	101 (28.5%)	0.0001	0.99	15 (28.3%)	8 (28.6%)	0.0007	0.98
Alcohol/drug use	14 (17.5%)	57 (16.1%)	0.07	0.79	8 (15.1%)	6 (21.4%)	0.51	0.47
Suppression of competing activities	16 (20.0%)	54 (15.2%)	1.01	0.32	9 (17.0%)	6 (21.4%)	0.24	0.62
Overall	52 (64.2%)	233 (65.6%)	0.06	0.81	38 (71.7%)	14 (50.0%)	3.75	0.053