Table 6.

Correlation coefficients between coping strategies and state of mental health

	Mental health	Somatic symptoms	Anxiety	Social dysfunction	Depression
Problem-focused coping	−0.06	−0.01	−0.05	−0.05	−0.02
Active coping	−0.14	−0.05	−0.15	−0.15	−0.08
Emotion-focused coping	−0.11	−0.01	−0.11	−0.056	−0.14
Positive reinterpretation	−0.15*	0.01	−0.17*	−0.070	−0.14
Turning to religion	−0.08	−0.10	−0.06	−0.002	−0.13
Seeking social support for emotional reasons	−0.08	−0.04	−0.07	−0.003	−0.06
Dysfunctional coping	0.46**	0.38**	0.41**	0.36**	0.43**
Use of psychoactive substances	0.25**	0.25**	0.22**	0.16*	0.22**

Source: in-house materials

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01