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. 2022 Oct 28;9:989814. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.989814

Table 5.

Differences in coping strategies between patients in the clusters.

FUN DFUN COG-IMP
Coping strategy M ±SD M ±SD M ±SD F DF1 DF2 p P
(post-hoc)
Acceptance 7.122
(1.188)
6.860
(1.552)
7.173
(1.082)
0.99 2 260 0.374 _
Active coping 7.129
(1.356)
6.744
(1.544)
6.667
(1.651)
2.87 2 260 0.059 _
Behavioral dis-
engagement
2.576
(1.330)
3.395
(2.002)
3.123
(1.669)
5.35 2 96.54 0.006 FUN < DFUN, COG-IMP
< 0.05
Denial 3.612
(1.675)
4.837
(2.203)
4.247
(1.743)
8.74 2 260 < 0.001 FUN < DFUN
< 0.001
FUN < COG-IMP
< 0.05
Emotional support 4.647
(1.493)
5.116
(1.930)
4.679
(1.515)
1.08 2 102.18 0.342 _
Humor 5.626
(2.012)
4.791
(2.088)
5.346
(2.032)
2.83 2 260 0.061 _
Planning 6.345
(1.727)
6.209
(1.846)
5.827
(1.657)
2.33 2 260 0.099 _
Positive reframing 7.036
(1.293)
5.791
(2.210)
6.765
(1.469)
6.43 2 95.55 0.002 DFUN < FUN < 0.01
DFUN < COG-IMP
< 0.05
Religion 5.288
(2.423)
6.302
(2.144)
5.222
(2.340)
4.06 2 114.87 0.020 DFUN > FUN,
COG-IMP
< 0.05
Self-blame 4.705
(1.932)
5.628
(1.813)
4.605
(1.889)
4.66 2 260 0.010 DFUN > FUN, COG-IMP
< 0.05
Self-distraction 5.971
(1.989)
6.047
(2.070)
6.778
(1.605)
5.77 2 109.07 0.004 COG-IMP > FUN
< 0.01
Use of informational support 5.698
(1.776)
5.512
(1.919)
5.704
(1.913)
0.19 2 260 0.829 _
Venting 4.180
(1.795)
4.465
(1.919)
4.111
(1.844)
0.55 2 206 0.575 _