Table 6.

Comparison of groups.

Variables	Group 1 n = 344		Group 2 n = 131		Group 3 n = 26		Group 4 n = 117		F	Post-Hoc Test
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Age	27.46	10,35	23.28	7.41	26.58	12.09	24.50	8.80	7.15 **	1 > 2,4
Fear of coronavirus	14.85	5.14	17.39	6.07	14.80	6.00	17.09	6.28	9.13 **	1 < 2,4
Death anxiety	29.39	10.93	42.85	14.99	37.30	14.72	44.54	14.05	61.29 **	1 < 2,3,4
										3 < 4 1
AUDIT	4.07	3.60	4.00	3.44	4.96	4.77	4.91	4.75	1.81
PSS 10	20.65	6.20	28.73	5.15	26.34	5.90	31.57	5.70	128.34 **	1 < 2,3,4
										2 < 4
										3 < 4
MINI COPE Active coping	2.62	1.68	2.42	1.61	2.26	1.53	2.16	1.54	2.58 *	1 > 4
Planning	2.80	1.65	2.75	1.61	2.42	1.41	2.43	1.77	1.84
Positive reframing	2.93	1.74	2.61	1.61	1.96	1.73	1.62	1.50	18.90 **	1,2 > 4
Acceptance	3.97	1.46	3.87	1.34	3.50	1.30	3.27	1.71	6.94 **	1,2 > 4
Humour	2.02	1.34	2.16	1.25	1.84	0.88	1.74	1.27	2.44
Religion	1.08	1.64	1.29	1.81	1.50	2.03	0.92	1.56	1.45
Use of emotional support	3.37	1.80	3.51	1.56	1.65	1.55	2.37	1.73	17.90 **	1 > 3,4
										2 > 3
Use of instrumental support	2.73	1.76	3.09	1.63	1.73	1.45	2.15	1.63	9.20 **	1 > 3,4
										2 > 3
Self-distraction	3.11	1.56	3.09	1.33	2.38	1.23	2.48	1.46	6.94 **	1 > 4
										2 > 4
Denial	0.91	1.27	1.47	1.62	1.15	1.28	1.74	1.51	8.63 **	1 < 2,4
Venting	2.59	1.54	3.28	1.37	2.76	1.24	2.86	1.57	6.83 **	1 < 2
Substance use	0.64	1.23	0.91	1.40	1.00	1.35	1.43	1.83	9.05 **	1 < 4
										2 < 4
Behavioural disengagement	1.18	1.33	2.27	1.50	2.65	1.29	3.09	1.50	63.30 **	1 < 2,3,4
										2 < 4
Self-blame	1.33	1.36	2.76	1.68	2.46	1.55	3.23	1.80	58.32 **	1 < 2,3,4
										2 < 4 1

1–2; 1–3; 1–4, 2–3, 2–4—significant differences (p > 0.05) between groups, * p > 0.05, ** p < 0.01, ¹ p < 0.1.