Table 4.

The effect of demographic variables on coping strategies.

	Task-oriented coping	Emotion-oriented coping	Avoidance-oriented coping
Age
Young: 18–35	3.76	3.85	3.08
Middle: 36–55	3.93	3.90	3.13
Old: 56 above	4.05	3.99	3.32
ANOVA	F = 5.26, p < .01, ƞ2 = .02	F = 1.31, p < .05, ƞ2 = .01	F = 2.23, p > .05, ƞ2 = .01
Gender
Male	3.85	3.82	3.21
Female	3.84	3.94	3.05
T-test	t = .18, p > .05, Cohen's d = .01	t = −2.05, p < .05, Cohen's d = .18	t = 2.24, p < .05, Cohen's d = .20
Education
Below Bachelor	3.85	3.85	3.20
Bachelor above	3.83	3.92	3.03
T-test	t = .30, p > .05, Cohen's d = .03	t = -1.15, p > .05, Cohen's d = .11	t = 2.10, p < .05, Cohen's d = .20