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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Psychol. 2016 Aug 15;4(3):260–280. doi: 10.1037/qup0000067

Table 1.

Goal Orientations Associated with Coping Strategies

Coping Strategies
Coping Goal
Orientation
Active Avoidance Distracting
Action
Seeking
Assistance
Relationship
Security
Rational
Detachment
Row
Totals
Problem-solving 14 6 3 10 0 3 36
Row % 0.39 0.17 0.08 0.28 0.00 0.08 (0.12)1
Column % 0.32 0.12 0.04 0.11 0.00 0.12
Disengagement 2 17 13 4 1 2 39
Row % 0.05 0.44 0.33 0.10 0.03 0.05 (0.13)
Column % 0.05 0.33 0.17 0.04 0.13 0.08
Distraction 1 3 14 3 0 0 21
Row % 0.05 0.14 0.67 0.14 0.00 0.00 (0.07)
Column % 0.02 0.06 0.18 0.03 0.00 0.00
Social Support 4 2 3 33 1 2 45
Row % 0.09 0.04 0.07 0.73 0.02 0.04 (0.15)
Column% 0.09 0.04 0.04 0.35 0.13 0.08
Relationship
Continuity
5 3 5 5 3 1 22
Row % 0.23 0.14 0.23 0.23 0.14 0.05 (0.07)
Column % 0.11 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.38 0.04
Maintain Self-
boundary
2 0 0 1 1 9 13
Row % 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.69 (0.04)
Column % 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.13 0.35
Emotion
Regulation
6 8 24 17 1 6 62
Row % 0.10 0.13 0.39 0.27 0.02 0.10 (0.21)
Column % 0.14 0.16 0.32 0.18 0.13 0.23
Helping Others 0 2 6 2 0 0 10
Row % 0.00 0.20 0.60 0.20 0.00 0.00 (0.03)
Column % 0.00 0.04 0.08 0.02 0.00 0.00
Threat to Self or
Others
4 3 0 3 0 2 12
Row % 0.33 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.17 (0.04)
Column % 0.09 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.08
Others’ Personal
Characteristics
2 5 4 10 0 1 22
Row % 0.09 0.23 0.18 0.45 0.00 0.05 (0.04)
Column % 0.05 0.10 0.05 0.11 0.00 0.04
Noncodable 4 2 4 6 1 0 17
Row % 0.24 0.12 0.24 0.35 0.06 0.00 (0.06)
Column % 0.09 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.13 0.00
Goal-Strategy 44.00 51.00 76.00 94.00 8.00 26.00 299
Total
% of Total 0.15 0.17 0.25 0.31 0.03 0.09

Note. The frequency of each goal orientation across the six coping strategies is shown in the Row Total (and, in parentheses, as a percentage of all goals). The frequency of goal orientations within each coping strategy is shown in the Goal-Strategy Total (and as a percentage of all goals below it).