Table 3.

Nature and degree of intensity of relationships between preferred stress management strategies and quality of life in the studied students-r-Pearson correlation coefficients.

Mini-COPE	Country	WHOQoL-Bref
		Q1		Q2		D1		D2		D3		D4
		r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
1.	Active Coping
	Poland	0.21	***	0.22	***	0.42	***	0.43	***	0.36	***	0.27	***
	Spain	0.06		0.03		0.04		0.17	*	0.03		0.05
	Slovakia	0.08		0.01		0.15	**	0.21	***	0.12	*	0.19	***
2.	Helplessness
	Poland	−0.24	***	−0.33	***	−0.43	***	−0.43	***	−0.30	***	−0.29	***
	Spain	0.08		0.09		0.04		0.09		−0.02		0.02
	Slovakia	−0.09		0.03		-0.09		−0.16	**	−0.09		−0.04
3.	Seeking Support
	Poland	0.30	***	0.21	***	0.37	***	0.35	***	0.44	***	0.27	***
	Spain	−0.04		0.07		0.08		0.13		0.10		0.03
	Slovakia	0.06		−0.02		0.10	*	0.05		0.08		0.16	**
4.	Avoidance Behaviours
	Poland	−0.15	**	−0.10	*	−0.19	***	−0.17	***	−0.08		−0.15	**
	Spain	0.12		0.12		0.08		0.22	**	0.13		0.19	**
	Slovakia	−0.11	*	−0.01		0.01		−0.09		−0.06		−0.04
5.	Turn to Religion
	Poland	0.00		−0.06		−0.01		0.03		0.04		0.04
	Spain	−0.10		−0.17	*	−0.15	*	−0.14	*	−0.21	**	0.05
	Slovakia	0.13	*	0.07		0.07		0.13	**	0.00		0.12	*
6.	Acceptance
	Poland	0.15	**	0.04		0.25	***	0.20	***	0.14	**	0.15	**
	Spain	0.15	*	−0.02		−0.06		0.03		−0.01		−0.05
	Slovakia	0.13	**	−0.03		0.15	**	0.16	**	0.03		0.12	**
7.	Sense of Humour
	Poland	0.01		−0.02		0.09		0.05		0.06		**
	Spain	0.20	**	0.21	**	0.28	**	0.40	***	0.35	***	0.30	***
	Slovakia	−0.07		−0.08		−0.03		−0.05		−0.07		−0.06

Statistically significant: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Explanation: r-Pearson, Q1—satisfaction with the overall quality of life; Q2—satisfaction with the general health; D1—physical health domain; D2—psychological domain; D3—social domain; D4—environment domain.