Table 1 Data of principal variables.
From: Coping with stress in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes and their mothers
Variables | Total (n = 107) | Diabetic (n = 51) | Healthy (n = 56) | P < |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ignore the Problem | 16.4 ± 3.2 | 16.3 ± 3.5 | 16.5 ± 3.0 | 0.79 |
Seek Social Support | 12.0 ± 3.0 | 12.0 ± 2.8 | 12.0 ± 3.2 | 0.92 |
Focus on Solving the Problem | 12.9 ± 2.6 | 12.9 ± 2.6 | 12.9 ± 2.6 | 0.10 |
Work Hard and Achieve | 11.0 ± 2.1 | 11.1 ± 2.1 | 10.9 ± 2.2 | 0.62 |
Focus on Leisure Activities | 13.0 ± 2.6 | 13.1 ± 2.7 | 12.9 ± 2.5 | 0.58 |
Focus on the Positive | 9.4 ± 2.4 | 9.4 ± 2.4 | 9.4 ± 2.3 | 0.10 |
Seek Spiritual Support | 5.7 ± 2.2 | 5.8 ± 2.1 | 5.6 ± 2.2 | 0.65 |
Seek Professional Help | 3.8 ± 1.2 | 4.2 ± 1.2 | 3.6 ± 1.3 | 0.05* |
Worry | 4.9 ± 1.6 | 4.9 ± 1.5 | 5.0 ± 1.7 | 0.99 |
Invest in Close Friends | 5.0 ± 1.8 | 5.0 ± 1.8 | 5.1 ± 1.8 | 0.92 |
Seek to Belong | 7.6 ± 1.8 | 7.8 ± 1.5 | 7.5 ± 2.0 | 0.38 |
Seek Relaxing Diversions | 6.7 ± 2.0 | 6.9 ± 1.8 | 6.4 ± 2.1 | 0.16 |
Social action | 3.7 ± 1.1 | 3.8 ± 1.2 | 3.7 ± 1.0 | 0.69 |
Task oriented coping | 56.9 ± 7.4 | 55.9 ± 6.1 | 57.8 ± 8.4 | 0.17 |
Emotion oriented coping | 43.5 ± 9.2 | 44.0 ± 9.6 | 43.1 ± 8.8 | 0.58 |
Avoidance oriented coping | 40.3 ± 8.1 | 39.8 ± 7.6 | 40.8 ± 8.6 | 0.53 |
Avoidance by social diversion | 16.8 ± 3.2 | 16.4 ± 3.1 | 17.1 ± 3.3 | 0.25 |
Avoidance by distraction | 16.7 ± 4.8 | 16.8 ± 4.6 | 16.6 ± 5.0 | 0.86 |