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

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 5 Correlation for caregiver’s age and duration of illness with coping inventory among schizophrenia group

Schizophrenia group	Caregivers Age (years)		Duration of illness (years)
Schizophrenia group	r	P value	r	P value
Positive reassessment	0.251	0.078	− 0.021	0.883
Mental distraction	− 0.572**	0.000	0.360*	0.010
Focus and mental empting	− 0.231	0.106	− 0.045	0.754
Social support	0.334*	0.018	− 0.203	0.158
Denial	− 0.446**	0.001	0.105	0.467
Religious conditioning	0.395**	0.005	− 0.316*	0.025
Make fun	− 0.585**	0.000	0.219	0.126
Behavioral withdrawal	− 0.387**	0.006	0.038	0.791
Anger control	0.239	0.095	− 0.019	0.896
Emotional support	0.196	0.173	− 0.357*	0.011
Acceptance	0.319*	0.024	− 0.169	0.240
Occupying the mind with thinking	0.055	0.706	− 0.338*	0.016
Planning	0.176	0.221	− 0.181	0.208
Active handling	− 0.045	0.755	− 0.105	0.467

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