Determinants of Stress Coping Strategies of Doctors in Poland's Silesian Voivodeship

06 March 2026 : Clinical Research

Ewa Marcisz-Dyla

^{ABCDEF 1*}, Józefa Dąbek

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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951073

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951073

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Table 4 Behavioral patterns versus coping strategies.

Coping with stress (in points)	N=655
	Behavioral patterns			Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA		Comparison by Post hoc test*
	A (n=219)	Intermediate (n=246)	B (n=190)	Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA		A: Intermediate	A: B	Intermediate: B
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Chi2	P	P	P	P
Active coping	4.56 (1.13)	4.47 (1.13)	4.63 (1.09)	2.566	0.277	0.311	0.566	0.117
Planning	4.62 (1.11)	4.50 (1.12)	4.43 (1.13)	2.479	0.290	0.328	0.121	0.501
Positive reinterpretation	3.63 (1.37)	3.58 (1.30)	3.81 (1.32)	3.523	0.172	0.552	0.217	0.062
Acceptance	3.85 (1.15)	3.91 (1.14)	3.77 (1.19)	1.631	0.442	0.585	0.465	0.201
Humor	2.25 (1.46)	2.01 (1.24)	1.98 (1.35)	4.635	0.099	0.088	0.052	0.659
Turning to religion	2.32 (1.90)	2.11 (1.89)	2.29 (1.93)	1.680	0.432	0.218	0.791	0.360
Seeking emotional social support	3.87 (1.63)	3.78 (1.49)	3.81 (1.59)	0.907	0.635	0.343	0.655	0.644
Seeking instrumental social support	3.98 (1.55)	3.95 (1.34)	3.57 (1.46)	9.370		0.549
Denial	1.53 (1.47)	1.53 (1.42)	1.23 (1.21)	4.631		0.849	0.080
Substance use	0.98 (1.36)	0.87 (1.39)	0.79 (1.37)	3.762	0.152	0.230	0.056	0.426
Behavioral disengagement	1.51 (1.23)	1.50 (1.25)	1.19 (1.16)	8.843		0.765
Self-blame	3.03 (1.53)	2.77 (1.53)	2.13 (1.47)	37.116		0.076
Problem-focused strategies	4.39 (0.94)	4.31 (0.91)	4.21 (0.94)	3.931	0.140	0.253	0.053	0.352
Emotional behaviors	2.57 (1.09)	2.47 (0.97)	2.44 (1.08)	1.906	0.386	0.208	0.265	0.961
^* Test Dunn with Boferroni correction.

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