Table 4.
Summary of the ANCOVAs Testing for Coping Differences Between Appraisal Profiles
| “Apathetic” | “Reactive” | “Agentic” | “Challenged” | ANCOVA result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coping type | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F(3,333) | f | 95% CI |
| Problem-focused | 2.07 | 0.58 | 2.63 | 0.50 | 2.22 | 0.70 | 2.40 | 0.63 | 8.18* | 0.27 | 0.17–0.35 |
| Emotion-focused | 2.09 | 0.48 | 2.53 | 0.46 | 2.25 | 0.53 | 2.18 | 0.47 | 6.78* | 0.25 | 0.14–0.33 |
| Social support | 1.81 | 0.59 | 2.56 | 0.52 | 1.72 | 0.55 | 2.10 | 0.65 | 19.20* | 0.42 | 0.31–0.50 |
| Avoidant | 1.61 | 0.42 | 2.32 | 0.59 | 1.34 | 0.28 | 1.62 | 0.42 | 42.00* | 0.62 | 0.51–0.71 |
Notes: ANCOVA = analysis of covariance. These effects hold with and without including the covariates in the analysis.
*Indicates p < .001.