Table 2.
Coping strategies and the feeling of guilt experienced by people whose parents were alcohol addicts versus controls (parametric results, nonparametric results, and effect sizes).
| Scales | t | p | U | p | Cohen’s d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Guilt Inventory Questionnaire, the state of guilt | 0.209 | 0.835 | 1,278,000 | 0.883 | 0.041 |
| The Guilt Inventory Questionnaire, the feeling of guilt | 2.703 | 0.008 | 950,000 | 0.019 | 0.535 |
| The Guilt Inventory Questionnaire, moral norms | 0.584 | 0.561 | 1,209,500 | 0.544 | −0.116 |
| GIQ, survivor guilt | 1.540 | 0.127 | 1,113,000 | 0.210 | 0.305 |
| GIQ, separation guilt | 2.137 | 0.035 | 990,500 | 0.038 | −0.423 |
| GIQ, responsibility guilt | 2.804 | 0.006 | 923,500 | 0.012 | 0.556 |
| GIQ, shame/self-hate guilt | 1.604 | 0.112 | 1,080,500 | 0.141 | 0.318 |
| Confrontational coping | 1.300 | 0.197 | 1,082,000 | 0.142 | 0.257 |
| Distance | 0.526 | 0.600 | 1,239,500 | 0.684 | −0.104 |
| Self-control | 1.158 | 0.250 | 1,175,500 | 0.402 | 0.229 |
| Search for social support | 0.230 | 0.819 | 1,219,000 | 0.584 | 0.046 |
| Acceptance of responsibility | 0.391 | 0.697 | 1,278,000 | 0.882 | −0.077 |
| Escape–avoidance | 4.586 | 0.000 | 674,000 | 0.000 | 0.908 |
| Planning a solution to a problem | 1.459 | 0.148 | 1,102,000 | 0.183 | −0.289 |
| Positive revaluation | 0.194 | 0.846 | 1,273,000 | 0.856 | 0.038 |