Table 2. Mean values of coping strategies mentioned by the family members of patients with mental disorders by sociodemographic variable. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil, 2013.

Family member sociodemographic variables		Mean value of the factors in the Folkman and Lazarus Inventory of Coping Strategies
		Confron-tation	Distancing	Self-control	Social support	Acceptance of responsibilities	Escape-avoi-dance	Problem solving	Positive reappraisal
Gender
	Male	0.72	0.75	1.01	1.53	1.00	0.95	1.37	1.48
	Female	0.77	0.93	1.19	1.78	1.16	1.55	1.81	1.33
	p-value*	0.903	0.310	0.391	0.349	0.355	0.093	0.093	0.532
Age group
	18 - 30	0.70	0.74	0.93	1.56	0.91	1.18	1.51	1.35
	31 - 59	0.67	0.84	1.19	1.66	1.17	1.17	1.67	1.42
	60 or over	1.29	1.24	1.30	1.99	1.35	1.87	1.50	1.55
	p-value†	0.143	0.283	0.512	0.452	0.294	0.376	0.797	0.782
Years of schooling
	0 to 4	0.80	1.18	1.20	1.60	0.97	1.16	1.41	1.03
	5 to 9	0.68	0.65	0.90	1.66	0.99	1.40	1.57	1.34
	10 or more	0.76	0.83	1.15	1.66	1.15	1.20	1.64	1.53
	p-value†	0.865	0.238	0.380	0.917	0.790	0.749	0.638	0.225
Income
	1 - 3	0.71	0.83	1.08	1.51	1.03	1.30	1.43	1.22
	4 - 7	0.83	0.93	1.05	2.02	1.24	1.21	1.96	1.86
	Does not know	0.79	0.76	1.28	1.93	1.13	1.00	1.95	1.81
	p-value†	0.773	0.897	0.770	0.132	0.691	0.737	0.108	0.069
Has partner
	Yes	0.72	0.80	1.18	1.76	1.17	0.93	1.79	1.58
	No	0.77	0.88	1.00	1.52	0.98	1.64	1.34	1.19
	p-value*	0.611	0.622	0.502	0.539	0.234	0.056	0.055	0.134
Relationship with patient‡
	Father or mother	1.02	1.05	1.71§	2.21§	1.32	0.93	1.96	1.91§
	Son/Daughter	0.69	0.69	1.18§||	1.86§||	1.36	1.85	1.75	1.65§||
	Sibling	0.66	1.02	0.89||	1.27||	0.72	1.11	1.50	0.94||
	Other	0.70	0.72	0.87§||	1.47§||	0.99	1.07	1.35	1.28§||
	p-value†	0.646	0.406	0.037	0.021	0.089	0.137	0.283	0.037

Mann-Whitney *p-value (<0.05); Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn Multiple Comparison test †p-value (P<0.05); ‡Different symbols in same column v differ significantly according to Dunn's Multiple Comparison Test (P<0.05) (§significant difference between || and §|| no significant difference between § and ||)