Table 6.

Mean Comparisons of Crisis Response Strategies on Control Mutuality.

	Presence		Absence		t value	P value
	M	SD	M	SD
Denial	3.34	0.94	3.49	0.90	1.246	0.214
Shifting the blame	3.16	0.83	3.57	0.91	3.798	0.000
Minimization	3.25	0.94	3.55	0.88	2.740	0.006
Justification	3.10	0.87	3.56	0.89	3.955	0.000
Bolstering	3.61	0.83	3.29	0.95	3.25	0.000
Corrective action	3.57	0.93	3.35	0.87	2.281	0.023
Apology	3.60	0.84	3.31	0.95	2.945	0.003