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Table 4 Coping strategy use by age and sex

From: Potentially traumatic events, coping strategies and associations with mental health and well-being measures among conflict-affected youth in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Mean (SD)

  

Mean (SD)

  

Mean (SD)

 

Male N = 224

Female N = 210

  

Ages 10–12 N = 194

Ages 13–15 N = 239

  

Total N = 434

Coping strategy

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t

p

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t

p

Mean (SD)

Problem-focused

0.15 (0.35)

0.09 (0.28)

−1.78

0.076

0.10 (0.29)

0.13 (0.33)

1.10

0.270

0.12 (0.32)

Emotion-focused

0.14 (0.21)

0.16 (0.25)

0.83

0.406

0.12 (0.20)

0.18 (0.24)

2.77

0.006**

0.15 (0.23)

Avoidance

0.18 (0.39)

0.23 (0.40)

1.19

0.237

0.19 (0.38)

0.22 (0.41)

0.88

0.380

0.20 (0.39)

Faith

0.09 (0.30)

0.10 (0.30)

1.32

0.188

0.10 (0.29)

0.09 (0.31)

−0.52

0.606

0.10 (0.30)

Total

0.55 (0.62)

0.58 (0.65)

0.45

0.656

0.51 (0.60)

0.62 (0.65)

1.85

0.065

0.56 (0.63)

  1. **p<0.01 in boldface
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