Table 2.
Coping strategies and psychological distress among the respondents (n = 588)
| Overall Mean (SD) |
Depression Mean (SD) |
Anxiety Mean (SD) |
Stress Mean (SD) |
Any MH outcome Mean (SD) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brief-COPE specific items | |||||
| Self-distraction | 4.49 (1.74) | 5.24 (1.72) | 5.13 (1.77) | 5.61 (1.64) | 5.09 (1.70) |
| Active coping | 4.57 (1.71) | 4.74 (1.60) | 4.93 (1.65) | 4.98 (1.57) | 4.90 (1.62) |
| Denial | 3.19 (1.41) | 3.80 (1.55) | 3.93 (1.59) | 4.14 (1.78) | 3.74 (1.53) |
| Substance use | 2.36 (0.97) | 2.52 (1.21) | 2.50 (1.20) | 2.60 (1.41) | 2.45 (1.11) |
| Emotional support | 4.25 (1.74) | 4.58 (1.77) | 4.76 (1.68) | 5.07 (1.85) | 4.68 (1.68) |
| Instrumental support | 4.15 (1.77) | 4.50 (1.79) | 4.63 (1.80) | 4.95 (1.85) | 4.55 (1.79) |
| Behavioural | 3.33 (1.58) | 4.20 (1.65) | 4.28 (1.69) | 4.63 (1.69) | 4.08 (1.65) |
| Disengagement venting | 3.78 (1.57) | 4.55 (1.64) | 4.54 (1.67) | 5.09 (1.58) | 4.44 (1.61) |
| Positive reframing | 4.47 (1.75) | 4.72 (1.64) | 4.90 (1.71) | 5.14 (1.77) | 4.80 (1.63) |
| Planning | 4.43 (1.74) | 5.09 (1.70) | 5.01 (1.72) | 5.63 (1.66) | 5.03 (1.68) |
| Humor | 3.30 (1.65) | 3.97 (1.88) | 3.75 (1.79) | 4.05 (1.96) | 3.75 (1.76) |
| Acceptance | 4.81 (1.85) | 5.26 (1.69) | 5.20 (1.73) | 5.74 (1.62) | 5.21 (1.67) |
| Religion | 3.92 (1.82) | 3.82 (1.92) | 4.16 (1.89) | 4.42 (2.17) | 4.00 (1.88) |
| Self-blame | 3.68 (1.76) | 4.92 (1.95) | 4.79 (1.87) | 5.65 (1.81) | 4.68 (1.88) |
| Brief-cope subscales | |||||
| Emotion-focused | 30.58 (8.94) | 34.34 (8.76) | 34.59 (8.95) | 37.75 (8.76) | 34.0 (8.41) |
| Problem-focused | 13.15 (4.46) | 14.33 (4.21) | 14.58 (4.29) | 15.56 (4.08) | 14.47 (4.17) |
| Avoidance | 11.01 (3.72) | 13.24 (3.65) | 13.33 (3.80) | 14.39 (3.63) | 12.91 (3.69) |