Table 3.

Comparison of High/Low Coping Use

Coping Variable:	Depression M (SD)	Anxiety M (SD)	Depression % Increase	Anxiety % Increase
Education and Advocacy
Low	59.54 (11.42)A	60.77 (10.68)A
High	60.79 (9.94)A	63.96 (10.73)A	2.10%	5.25%
Detachment
Low	54.72 (8.66)A	58.45 (10.15)A
High	66.70 (8.94)B	68.51 (9.38)B	21.89%	17.21%
Drug and Alcohol Use
Low	59.35 (9.79)A	62.41 (10.40)A
High	64.66 (9.11)B	67.42 (7.79)B	8.95%	8.03%
Resistance
Low	59.64 (10.78)A	62.39 (10.57)A
High	61.62 (9.95)A	64.19 (11.97)A	3.32%	2.89%
Internalization
Low	56.48 (8.75)A	59.70 (9.53)A
High	65.52 (8.50)B	67.58 (10.10)B	16.01%	13.20%

Note. Low use of a coping strategy was defined as scoring ≤ a 2, or “a little like me” or less; high use of a coping strategy was defined as scoring ≥ a 4, or “often like me” or greater. According to independent samples t tests, means for the low and high groups in each coping category that differ in their subscripts are significantly different from one another.