Coping strategies and burden stress in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and patients with bipolar disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Correlation for caregiver’s age and duration of illness with coping inventory among bipolar affective disorder group

Bipolar group	Caregivers age (years)		Duration of illness (years)
Bipolar group	r	P value	r	P value
Positive reassessment	− 0.156	0.280	− 0.212	0.139
Mental distraction	0.023	0.876	− 0.514**	0.000
Focus and mental empting	− 0.005	0.974	− 0.197	0.171
Social support	− 0.501**	0.000	− 0.252	0.078
Denial	− 0.158	0.272	− 0.084	0.560
Religious conditioning	− 0.277	0.052	− 0.331*	0.019
Make fun	− 0.391**	0.005	− 0.478**	0.000
Behavioral withdrawal	− 0.404**	0.004	− 0.341*	0.015
Anger control	− 0.031	0.830	0.383**	0.006
Emotional support	− 0.043	0.769	− 0.539**	0.000
Acceptance	− 0.005	0.971	0.033	0.820
Occupying the mind with thinking	− 0.493**	0.000	0.239	0.094
Planning	− 0.187	0.193	0.051	0.724
Active handling	− 0.155	0.282	− 0.093	0.523

P value > 0.05: non-significant; P value < 0.05: significant; P value < 0.01: highly significant
Spearman correlation coefficient