Coping strategies | Activities | Yes | No | ||
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n | % | N | % | ||
Confrontive | I did something which I didn’t think would work, but at least I was doing something | 140 | 53.0 | 124 | 47.0 |
I let my feelings out somehow | 81 | 30.7 | 183 | 69.3 | |
Stood my ground and fought for what I wanted | 164 | 62.1 | 100 | 37.9 | |
I accepted the next best thing to what I wanted | 92 | 34.8 | 172 | 65.2 | |
I took a big chance or did something very risky to solve the problem | 169 | 64.0 | 95 | 36.0 | |
I tried to get the person responsible to change his/her mind | 96 | 36.4 | 168 | 63.6 | |
Distancing | Turned to work or substitute activity to take my mind off things | 57 | 21.6 | 207 | 78.4 |
I went along with fate; sometimes I just have bad luck | 193 | 73.1 | 71 | 26.9 | |
I went on as if nothing had happened | 50 | 18.9 | 214 | 81.1 | |
Looked for the silver lining, so to speak; tried to look on the bright side of things | 78 | 29.5 | 186 | 70.5 | |
Didn’t let it get to me; refused to think too much about it | 170 | 64.4 | 94 | 35.6 | |
Made light of the situation; refused to get too serious about it | 109 | 41.3 | 155 | 58.7 | |
Self-controlling | Tried not to burn my bridges, but leave things open somewhat | 152 | 57.6 | 112 | 42.4 |
I tried to keep my feelings to myself | 192 | 72.7 | 72 | 27.3 | |
I tried not to act too hastily or follow my first hunch. | 153 | 58.0 | 111 | 42.0 | |
I tried to keep my feelings from interfering with other things too much | 165 | 62.5 | 99 | 37.5 | |
I went over in my mind what I would say or do | 96 | 36.4 | 168 | 63.6 | |
I kept others from knowing how bad things were | 90 | 34.1 | 174 | 65.9 | |
Seeking social support | Talked to someone to find out more about the situation | 86 | 32.6 | 178 | 67.4 |
Accepted sympathy and understanding from someone | 62 | 23.5 | 202 | 76.5 | |
I got professional help | 258 | 97.7 | 6 | 2.3 | |
Talked to someone who could do something concrete about the problem | 215 | 81.4 | 49 | 18.6 | |
I asked a relative or friend I respected for advice | 101 | 38.3 | 163 | 61.7 | |
Talked to someone about how I was feeling | 95 | 36 | 178 | 67.4 | |
Accepting responsibility | Criticized or lectured myself | 86 | 32.6 | 178 | 67.4 |
I told myself things that helped me to feel better | 202 | 76.5 | 62 | 23.5 | |
I made a promise to myself that things would be different next time | 76 | 28.8 | 188 | 71.2 | |
I apologized or did something to make up | 68 | 25.8 | 196 | 74.2 | |
Positive reappraisal | Changed or grew as a person in a good way | 175 | 66.3 | 89 | 33.7 |
I came out of the experience better than when I went in. | 134 | 50.8 | 130 | 49.2 | |
Found new faith | 163 | 61.7 | 101 | 38.3 | |
Rediscovered what is important in life | 163 | 61.7 | 101 | 38.3 | |
I prayed | 262 | 99.2 | 2 | 0.8 | |
I was inspired to do something creative about the problem | 51 | 19.3 | 213 | 80.7 | |
I changed something about myself | 155 | 58.7 | 109 | 41.3 | |
Escape avoidance coping activities | Hoped a miracle would happen | 189 | 71.6 | 75 | 28.4 |
Slept more than usual. | 72 | 27.3 | 192 | 72.7 | |
Got away from it for a while; tried to rest or take a vacation | 201 | 76.1 | 63 | 23.9 | |
Tried to make myself feel better by eating, drinking, smoking, using drugs or medication | 208 | 78.8 | 56 | 21.2 | |
Avoided being with people in general | 63 | 23.9 | 201 | 76.1 | |
Refused to believe that it had happened. | 72 | 27.3 | 192 | 72.7 | |
Accepted it, since nothing could be done | 209 | 79.2 | 55 | 20.8 | |
Wished that the situation would go away or somehow be over with | 73 | 27.7 | 191 | 72.3 | |
Plan full problem solving | Just concentrated on what I had to do next—the next step | 71 | 26.9 | 193 | 73.1 |
I tried to analyze the problem in order to understand it better | 178 | 67.4 | 86 | 32.6 | |
I felt that time would make a difference—the only thing to do was to wait | 101 | 38.3 | 163 | 61.7 | |
Bargained or compromised to get something positive from the situation | 158 | 59.8 | 106 | 40.2 | |
Changed something so things would turn out all right | 177 | 67.0 | 87 | 33.0 | |
I knew what had to be done, so I doubled my efforts to make things work | 65 | 24.6 | 199 | 75.4 | |
Came up with a couple of different solutions to the problem | 55 | 20.8 | 209 | 79.2 | |
I prepared myself for the worst | 51 | 19.3 | 213 | 80.7 | |
I jogged or exercised | 79 | 29.9 | 185 | 70.1 |