Table 3.

Pattern matrix for coping mechanisms.

	1	2	3	4	h2
Planning	0.94	−0.02	−0.08	−0.16	0.79
Active coping	0.68	0.04	0.08	−0.05	0.46
Suppression of competing activities	0.63	0.01	0.19	0.11	0.52
Positive reinterpretation and growth	0.58	0.08	−0.14	0.10	0.45
Emotional social support	−0.07	0.98	−0.07	0.03	0.92
Instrumental social support	0.23	0.66	0.01	−0.11	0.57
Venting of emotions	−0.03	0.42	0.21	0.17	0.33
Denial	0.02	−0.02	0.83	−0.15	0.59
Religious coping	0.10	−0.01	0.59	−0.18	0.28
Behavioral disengagement	−0.22	0.01	0.55	0.22	0.48
Mental disengagement	0.13	0.05	0.31	0.29	0.32
Acceptance	0.18	0.00	−0.21	0.61	0.41
Humor	0.08	−0.04	0.02	0.58	0.38
Substance use	−0.20	0.05	−0.12	0.47	0.16
Restraint	0.35	−0.11	0.07	0.39	0.36
λ	3.00	2.24	1.81	2.18

Note. λ —rotation sums of squared loadings; h²—communalities. The highest factor loadings for each coping mechanism are printed in bold.