Table 2.
Coping strategies and cause of death predicting grief, depression and posttraumatic growth (N = 1709)*.
| Predictors | ICG Total Score | PHQ Total Score | PTGI Total Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (SE) | p-value | Estimate (SE) | p-value | Estimate (SE) | p-value | |
| Coping strategies | ||||||
| Supportive coping | 0.03 (0.19) | 0.87 | −0.14 (0.09) | 0.13 | 0.89 (0.20) | <0.01 |
| Avoidant coping | 7.29 (0.22) | <0.01 | 3.03 (0.11) | <0.01 | −1.41 (0.23) | <0.01 |
| Active coping | 0.27 (0.22) | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 2.99 (0.21) | <0.01 |
| Cause of death | ||||||
| Combat related | Ref | Ref | Ref | |||
| Accident | 0.95 (0.68) | 0.16 | −0.25 (0.33) | 0.43 | −1.85 (0.72) | 0.01 |
| Suicide | −1.76 (0.73) | 0.02 | 0.26 (0.41) | 0.52 | −1.94 (0.79) | <0.01 |
*Models adjusted for participants age, gender, relationship with service member (parent, spouse, sibling or adult child), and time since death.
ICG, Inventory of Complicated Grief; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; PTGI, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory.
The text in bold indicates a p-value less than .05.