Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for problem-focused coping variable
| Variable | Min | Max | M | SD | α-Cronbach | Z Kolmogorov–Smirnov test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z | p | ||||||
| Problem-focused coping | 0.00 | 18.00 | 12.71 | 3.36 | 0.79 | 0.105 | <0.001 |
| Active coping# | 0.00 | 6.00 | 4.48 | 1.40 | 0.56** | 0.171 | <0.001 |
| Planning# | 0.00 | 6.00 | 4.43 | 1.29 | 0.46** | 0.176 | <0.001 |
| Seeking social support for instrumental reasons# | 0.00 | 6.00 | 3.79 | 1.47 | 0.48** | 0.185 | <0.001 |
Source: authors' work
#As the individual subscales are made up of two test items, the Tau b Kendall correlation coefficient was calculated to determine reliability