Table 3.

Distribution of coping styles in infertile participants and differences between men and women regarding emotion- and problem-focused coping styles

Variables		Total	Women	Men	P-value
Problem-solving focused coping styles		37.37 $\pm$ 9.54	38.08 $\pm$ 8.51	36.66 $\pm$ 10.46	0.248*
	Social support	9.88 $\pm$ 3.54	10.49 $\pm$ 3.21	9.27 $\pm$ 3.76	0.007*
	Acceptance of responsibility	6.42 $\pm$ 2.41	6.53 $\pm$ 2.30	6.31 $\pm$ 2.52	0/868**
	Planned problem-solving	9.83 $\pm$ 3.25	9.81 $\pm$ 3.01	9.86 $\pm$ 3.48	0.906*
	Positive re-evaluation	11.24 $\pm$ 3.04	11.25 $\pm$ 2.79	11.23 $\pm$ 3.29	0.892**
Emotion-focused coping styles		38.21 $\pm$ 9.67	38.11 $\pm$ 9.47	38.32 $\pm$ 9.91	0.868*
	Direct response	8.17 $\pm$ 8.00	7.89 $\pm$ 2.87	8.45 $\pm$ 3.06	0.066**
	Distance	9.00 $\pm$ 3.27	9.35 $\pm$ 3.27	8.65 $\pm$ 3.24	0.098*
	Escape-avoidance	9.84 $\pm$ 3.88	9.44 $\pm$ 3.89	10.23 $\pm$ 3.84	0.114*
	Self-control	11.20 $\pm$ 3.32	11.43 $\pm$ 3.06	10.98 $\pm$ 3.57	0.305*
All data presented Mean $\pm$ SD, *Independent t test, **Mann–Whitney U-test