Table 3.

Age and sex differences in coping strategies.

Item	Age	Children 621(%)	Adolescents 1123(%)	Adults 2221(%)	Chi2	p	OR (children vs. adolescents)	OR (children vs. adults)
Reaching out to family/volunteering		79.5	79.9	81.4	1.82	NS	1.02 (0.8–1.30)	1.13 (0.90–1.41)
Internal locus of control		95.3	93.2	95.8	10.63	<0.01	0.67 (0.44–1.05)	1.12 (0.73–1.71)
External locus of control		14.2	23.8	21.3	22.85	<0.001	1.89 (1.45–2.46)	1.64 (1.28–2.10)
Substance use		1.40	7.8	23.1	244.15	<0.001	5.78(2.89–11.56)	20.47(10.52–39.83)
Start a new activity		73.6	68.6	71.5	5.57	NS	0.78 (0.63–0.97)	0.90 (0.73–1.10)
Exercising		73.9	79.3	75.1	9.08	<0.01	1.34 (1.07–1.69)	1.06 (0.86–1.30)
NSSI		0.5	3	0.9	27.33	<0.001	6.43 (1.97–21.02)	1.96 (0.58–6.61)
	Sex	Males 1421(%)	Females 2486(%)		Chi2	p	OR (females vs. males)
Reaching out to family/volunteering		76.6	83		24.19	<0.001	0.86 (0.80–0.92)
Internal locus of control		93.5	95.9		11.38	<0.001	0.81 (0.71–0.93)
External locus of control		20	21.4		0.96	NS	0.96 (0.91–1.02)
Substance use		14.2	16.1		2.54	NS	0.95 (0.89–1.01)
Start a new activity		67.6	72.9		12.51	<0.001	0.90 (0.86–0.96)
Exercising		73.7	77.4		6.95	<0.01	0.93 (0.87–0.98)
NSSI		1.1	1.7		1.9	NS	0.89 (0.75–1.05)