Table 5.

The median and Interquartile Range (IQR) scores of different coping strategies utilized by participants who reported normal psychological functioning compared to those who reported having depressive and anxiety symptoms.

	Median (IQR)		p	Median (IQR)	p
Coping strategies	Normal	Depression		Anxiety
Substance use	2.00 (0.00)	4.50 (3.00)	<0.01*	4.00 (4.00)	<0.01*
Denial	3.00 (2.00)	5.50 (3.00)	0.06	5.50 (3.00)	0.02*
Behavior disengagement	2.00 (0.00)	3.00 (4.00)	0.14	4.00 (3.00)	0.03*
Self–distraction	5.00 (3.00)	0.50 (3.00)	0.13	3.00 (3.00)	0.13
Active coping	6.00 (3.00)	4.50 (2.00)	0.31	5.00 (2.00)	0.40
Emotional support	4.56 (1.56)∧	4.50 (1.29)∧	0.94	4.50 (1.29)∧	0.94
Instrumental support	5.00 (2.00)	6.00 (2.00)	0.47	6.00 (2.00)	0.50
Venting	4.17 (1.65)∧	4.25 (1.71)∧	0.93	5.00(3.00)∧	0.45
Positive reframing	6.00 (2.00)	6.00 (2.00)	0.43	6.00 (3.00)	0.18
Planning	5.28 (1.71)∧	4.75 (1.26)∧	0.55	5.00 (2.00)∧	0.72
Humor	4.00 (2.00)	4.50 (2.00)	0.22	4.00 (2.00)	0.28
Acceptance	6.00 (3.00)	6.00 (2.00)	0.59	6.00 (1.00)	0.54
Religion	7.00 (2.00)	6.50 (4.00)	0.45	6.00 (3.00)	0.29
Self–blame	2.00 (2.00)	4.00 (4.00)	0.15	4.00 (3.00)	0.07

^∧Mean (SD) for normally distributed data.

^*p < 0.05.