Table 7.

The correlation between the type of respondents’ personality and types of coping strategies used by people staying in penitentiary institutions.

Type of Strategy (Mini-COPE Inventory for Measurement Coping with Stress)		DS14 (The Type-D Scale)		p *
		The Type D Personality (n = 64)	Different Type of Personality (n = 88)
Active coping	X ± SD	2.06 ± 0.68	2.43 ± 0.52	p = 0.001
	Me	2.0	2.5
	quartiles	1.5–2.5	2.0–3.0
Planning	X ± SD	1.86 ± 0.77	2.27 ± 0.67	p = 0.001
	Me	2.0	2.5
	quartiles	1.5–2,5	2.0–3.0
Positive reframing	X ± SD	1.57 ± 0.73	1.84 ± 0.76	p = 0.028
	Me	1.5	2.0
	quartiles	1.0–2.0	1.5–2.5
Acceptance	X ± SD	1.67 ± 0.75	1.9 ± 0.62	p = 0.079
	Me	1.75	2.0
	quartiles	1.0–2.0	1.5–2.12
Humor	X ± SD	1.08 ± 0.99	0.87 ± 0.63	p = 0.501
	Me	1.0	1.0
	quartiles	0.0–2.0	0.5–1.0
Religion	X ± SD	0.98 ± 1.07	0.8 ± 0.88	p = 0.475
	Me	0.75	0.5
	quartiles	0.0–2.0	0.0–1.5
Use of emotional support	X ± SD	1.41 ± 0.98	1.77 ± 0.72	p = 0.016
	Me	1.25	2.0
	quartiles	1.0–2.0	1.5–2.0
Use of instrumental support	X ± SD	1.48 ± 0.76	1.78 ± 0.73	p = 0.008
	Me	1.5	2.0
	quartiles	1.0–2.0	1.0–2.0
Self-distraction	X ± SD	1.73 ± 0.76	1.81 ± 0.66	p = 0.788
	Me	1.75	2.0
	quartiles	1.5–2.12	1.5–2.0
Denial	X ± SD	1.14 ± 0.94	0.98 ± 0.88	p = 0.297
	Me	1.0	1.0
	quartiles	0.38–1.5	0.0–1.5
Venting	X ± SD	1.27 ± 0.87	1.26 ± 0.69	p = 0.787
	Me	1.25	1.25
	quartiles	0.5–2.0	0.88–1.5
Substance use	X ± SD	0.9 ± 1.05	0.73 ± 0.9	p = 0.481
	Me	0.5	0.5
	quartiles	0.0–2.0	0.0–1.0
Behavioral disengagement	X ± SD	1.07 ± 0.84	0.61 ± 0.73	p = 0.001
	Me	1.0	0.5
	quartiles	0.5–2.0	0.0–1.5
Self-blame	X ± SD	1.68 ± 0.88	1.35 ± 0.76	p = 0.029
	Me	1.5	1.5
	quartiles	1.0–2.5	1.0–2.0

n—number of subjects; X—mean; SD—standard deviation; Me—median; p—statistical value; * Mann–Whitney U-test. Source: author’s own analysis.