Table 3.
Brief COPE results stratified by coping method and professional category subgroup
| Active coping | Planning | Instrumental support | Emotional support | Venting | Positive reinterpretation | Acceptance | |
| General | 2,74 | 2,65 | 2,62 | 2,62 | 2,58 | 2,75 | 2,89 |
| MD | 3,10 | 2,89 | 3,12 | 3,12 | 2,88 | 2,80 | 3,48 |
| INT | 2,57 | 2,75 | 2,55 | 2,55 | 2,68 | 2,70 | 2,97 |
| MN | 2,77 | 2,64 | 2,55 | 2,55 | 2,57 | 2,81 | 2,70 |
| MW | 2,29 | 2,21 | 2,14 | 2,14 | 2,07 | 2,57 | 2,50 |
| Denial | Self blame | Humor | Religion | Self distraction | Substance use | Behavioral disengagement | |
| General | 1,47 | 2,50 | 1,98 | 1,49 | 2,61 | 1,38 | 1,51 |
| MD | 1,31 | 2,86 | 2,05 | 1,38 | 2,76 | 1,44 | 1,51 |
| INT | 1,97 | 2,85 | 1,88 | 1,73 | 2,83 | 2,13 | 2,23 |
| MN | 1,31 | 2,23 | 1,92 | 1,52 | 2,58 | 1,14 | 1,23 |
| MW | 1,64 | 2,43 | 2,14 | 1,29 | 2,21 | 1,21 | 1,57 |