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Table 7 Comparison of mean scores of coping styles between pre/para-clinical and clinical students with psychological morbidities

From: Coping styles to vitiate the risk of psychological morbidities among pre/para-clinical and clinical undergraduate medical students: a comparative cross-sectional study in India

Scale

Subscale

Mean (SD)

Mean difference

SE difference

(t-test value) p-value

Pre/para-clinical group (N = 126)

Clinical group (N = 107)

Coping style

Active emotional coping (AEC)

23.16 (1.78)

23.06 (2.04)

0.106

0.250

(0.426) 0.670

Passive emotional coping (PEC)

24.68 (3.14)

24.31 (3.29)

0.369

0.422

(0.876) 0.382

Active problem coping (APC)

17.90 (1.82)

18.45 (1.99)

−0.559

0.249

(−2.242) 0.026*

Passive problem coping (PPC)

21.90 (3.70)

22.70 (4.08)

−0.807

0.510

(−1.583) 0.115

Total coping styles mean score

87.65 (6.19)

88.54 (7.25)

−0.890

−0.881

(−1.011) 0.313

  1. SD Standard deviation, SE Standard error
  2. *p < 0.05