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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Descriptive statistics for total group (n = 1847) and for gender (female = 115; male = 732), Cronbach’s alpha, and Pearson’s r correlation

From: Psychometric properties of the Brief-COPE for the evaluation of coping strategies in the Chilean population

 

Total group

Female

Male

t value

α

r

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Instrumental support

2.44

1.66

2.55

1.66

2.28

1.65

3.350***

0.73

0.54***

Emotional support

2.84

1.79

3.01

1.78

2.60

1.77

4.901***

0.75

0.60***

Active coping

3.80

1.55

3.82

1.52

3.76

1.59

0.824

0.65

0.48***

Planning

3.43

1.62

3.41

1.58

3.47

1.68

− 0.887

0.62

0.45***

Acceptance

3.93

1.44

3.90

1.46

3.96

1.42

− 0.933

0.53

0.37***

Self-distraction

2.88

1.69

3.02

1.66

2.66

1.71

4.407***

0.58

0.40***

Denial

1.33

1.58

1.50

1.64

1.08

1.43

5.777***

0.71

0.55***

Humor

2.00

1.80

1.95

1.79

2.09

1.81

− 1.662

0.80

0.67***

Self-blame

2.07

1.61

2.05

1.65

2.10

1.55

− 0.601

0.61

0.44***

Behavioral disengagement

1.09

1.34

1.14

1.37

1.02

1.30

2.021*

0.54

0.37***

Venting

2.04

1.60

2.20

1.60

1.80

1.58

5.275***

0.66

0.50***

Positive reframing

3.25

1.62

3.27

1.54

3.20

1.72

0.897

0.61

0.44***

Substance use

0.64

1.29

0.60

1.24

0.71

1.36

− 1.690

0.82

0.70***

Religion

2.83

2.01

3.12

1.97

2.40

1.99

7.611***

0.79

0.65***

  1. *p < .05; ***p < .001