Table 5.

Results from Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).

Variable	Seek Social Support	Acceptance	Mental Disengagement	Humanitarian
Gender	0.017	0.016	0.737	0.001
Female	2.06 ± 0.79 a	2.56 ± 0.74 a	2.08 ± 0.52	2.23 ± 0.71 a
Male	1.87±0.73 a	2.35 ± 0.84 a	2.05 ± 0.59	2.00 ± 0.69 a
Age	0.672	0.110	0.392	0.164
18 and below	1.89 ± 0.81	2.27 ± 0.81	2.08 ± 0.58	1.96 ± 0.64
19 to 25	2.01 ± 0.78	2.48 ± 0.77	2.05 ± 0.53	2.15 ± 0.73
>25	1.91 ± 0.68	2.65 ± 0.80	2.16 ± 0.59	2.23 ± 0.60
Field of study	0.364	<0.001	0.288	0.296
Engineering	2.09 ± 0.71	2.73 ± 0.85 a	2.10 ± 0.47	2.23 ± 0.84
Health Sciences	2.04 ± 0.84	2.62 ± 0.79	2.11 ± 0.56	2.20 ± 0.71
Management	1.92 ± 0.76	2.73 ± 0.84 b	2.22 ± 0.50	2.08 ± 0.65
Sciences	1.87 ± 0.72	2.37 ± 0.78	2.01 ± 0.62	2.05 ± 0.70
Social sciences	1.97 ± 0.73	2.26 ± 0.69a,b	2.02 ± 0.49	2.11 ± 0.68
Level of Study	0.820	0.164	0.211	0.910
Postgraduate	1.92 ± 0.68	2.53 ± 0.77	2.11 ± 0.52	2.17 ± 0.63
Professional	2.11 ± 0.90	2.84 ± 0.82	1.93 ± 0.64	2.22 ± 0.62
Undergraduate	1.99 ± 0.78	2.44 ± 0.78	2.07 ± 0.54	2.13 ± 0.73
Year of study	0.544	0.300	0.901	0.401
Year 1	1.93±0.75	2.42 ± 0.79	2.06 ± 0.56	2.05 ± 0.68
Year 2	1.95 ± 0.68	2.39 ± 0.75	2.08 ± 0.53	2.09 ± 0.72
Year 3	1.94 ± 0.77	2.48 ± 0.79	2.15 ± 0.51	2.23 ± 0.78
Year 4	2.01 ± 0.78	2.59 ± 0.76	2.05 ± 0.47	2.27 ± 0.69
Year 5	2.16 ± 0.91	2.62 ± 0.85	2.06 ± 0.65	2.22 ± 0.70
Accommodation	0.628	0.105	0.641	0.848
College residency/hostel	2.02 ± 0.60	2.60 ± 0.57	2.15 ± 0.66	2.14 ± 0.66
Family Home	1.98 ± 0.77	2.46 ± 0.78	2.07 ± 0.53	2.14 ± 0.70
Rented place	2.04 ± 0.86	2.70 ± 0.92	1.98 ± 0.64	2.13 ± 0.80

Value are mean ± standard error. The numbers in bold are p-values for the difference in the strategy used by the respective demographic characteristic. ^a,b pairwise differences.