06 March 2026 : Clinical Research
Determinants of Stress Coping Strategies of Doctors in Poland's Silesian Voivodeship
Ewa Marcisz-Dyla
ABCDEF 1*, Józefa Dąbek ABCD 2
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951073
Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951073
Table 3 Level of resilience versus coping strategies.
| Coping strategies (in points) | N=655 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of resilience | Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA | Comparison by Post hoc test* | ||||||
| Low (L) (n=152) | Average (A) (n=348) | High (H) (n=155) | L: A | L: H | A: H | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Chi2 | P | P | P | P | |
| Active coping | 3.88 (0.94) | 4.51 (1.00) | 5.26 (1.12) | 137.456 | ||||
| Planning | 3.96 (1.06) | 4.45 (1.00) | 5.21 (1.09) | 110.151 | ||||
| Positive reinterpretation | 2.88 (1.28) | 3.69 (1.17) | 4.37 (1.31) | 101.895 | ||||
| Acceptance | 3.55 (0.97) | 3.85 (1.04) | 4.15 (1.46) | 27.146 | ||||
| Humor | 1.82 (1.39) | 2.04 (1.25) | 2.43 (1.48) | 16.630 | ||||
| Turning to religion | 2.41 (1.89) | 2.15 (1.87) | 2.25 (2.00) | 2.102 | 0.350 | 0.139 | 0.407 | 0.710 |
| Seeking emotional social support | 3.68 (1.60) | 3.86 (1.42) | 3.86 (1.82) | 2.527 | 0.283 | 0.340 | 0.138 | 0.307 |
| Seeking instrumental social support | 3.93 (1.40) | 3.89 (1.35) | 3.69 (1.73) | 0.678 | 0.713 | 0.754 | 0.432 | 0.526 |
| Denial | 1.84 (1.46) | 1.45 (1.33) | 1.05 (1.33) | 28.673 | ||||
| Substance use | 1.26 (1.70) | 0.81 (1.26) | 0.68 (1.18) | 10.179 | ||||
| Behavioral disengagement | 2.08 (1.17) | 1.45 (1.10) | 0.66 (1.13) | 117.707 | ||||
| Self-blame | 3.65 (1.38) | 2.54 (1.39) | 2.01 (1.61) | 86.818 | ||||
| Problem-focused strategies | 3.93 (0.88) | 4.28 (0.85) | 4.72 (1.00) | 67.544 | ||||
| Emotional behaviors | 2.64 (1.00) | 2.48 (0.99) | 2.39 (1.19) | 3.443 | 0.179 | 0.156 | 0.075 | 0.461 |
| * Test Dunn with Boferroni correction. | ||||||||