Table 2.

Frequency distribution of strategies for sad and mad events by group.

	Comparison	Other-event reporters	Maltreatment-related reporters	Statistic	p-Value
Sad events
Primary control*	13	9	1	χ2 = 7.20	0.027
Secondary control
Secondary social support*	37	28	16	χ2 = 6.35	0.042
Suppression*	19	12	3	χ2 = 8.78	0.012
Cried	6	12	6	χ2 = 1.13	0.567
Venting	3	10	5	χ2 = 2.82	0.244
Self-soothing	8	10	5	χ2 = 0.008	0.996
Conflict	0	0	1	χ2 = 4.30	0.116
Distraction*	34	38	11	χ2 = 6.26	0.044
Disengagement
Avoidance	4	11	8	χ2 = 4.09	0.129
Sleep*	2	2	6	χ2 = 8.50	0.014
Nothing*	9	16	15	χ2 = 7.01	0.030
Mad events
Primary control	16	22	5	χ2 = 2.28	0.320
Secondary control
Secondary social support	18	14	5	χ2 = 3.80	0.150
Suppression	6	7	4	χ2 = 0.20	0.907
Cried	3	5	1	χ2 = 0.59	0.746
Venting	7	15	8	χ2 = 2.31	0.315
Self-soothing	4	13	6	χ2 = 3.47	0.177
Conflict	6	10	3	χ2 = 0.38	0.826
Distraction	19	27	11	χ2 = 1.97	0.374
Disengagement
Avoidance	19	21	10	χ2 = 0.32	0.850
Sleep	1	5	3	χ2 = 2.60	0.273
Nothing	9	15	11	χ2 = 3.85	0.146

^*p < 0.05.