Post traumatic stress disorder and coping strategies among adult survivors of earthquake, Nepal

BMC Psychiatry

Table 8 Association between respondent’s characteristics and coping strategies

Demographic variables	Coping strategies (mean scores)
Demographic variables	RC	PC	AC	SC	SDC	SUC
Age
20–39	2.09	1.66	3.00	2.64	2.30	1.35
40–59	2.42	1.71	2.89	2.73	1.54	1.64
≥ 60	2.85	1.80	2.70	2.75	1.50	1.90
^ap value	< 0.0001*	0.381	0.022*	0.258	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*
Sex
Male	2.28	1.52	3.02	2.72	1.94	1.61
Female	2.45	1.95	2.78	2.58	1.75	1.48
^bp value	0.033*	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*	0.075	0.033*	0.092
Educational Status
Illiterate	2.64	1.90	2.78	2.68	1.50	1.77
Literate	2.05	1.51	3.06	2.70	2.23	1.33
^bp value	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*	0.716	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*

Higher score indicates higher coping mechanism
RC Religious coping, PC Passive coping, AC Active coping, SC Social coping, SDC Self Distraction Coping, SUC Substance Use Coping
^aanova test
^bt-test
*p value significant at ≤0.05 level of significance

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