Graduate entry and undergraduate medical students’ study approaches, stress levels and ways of coping: a five year longitudinal study

Sandover, Sally; Jonas-Dwyer, Diana; Marr, Timothy

doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0284-7

Table 3 Ways of Coping, Median Test and Kruskal-Wallis Test - a comparison of coping strategies by group

From: Graduate entry and undergraduate medical students’ study approaches, stress levels and ways of coping: a five year longitudinal study

Baseline
	Median Test				Kruskal-Wallis Test
					Mean Rank
Coping Strategy		UG	GEMP	p-value	UG	GEMP	p-value
Confrontive Coping	> Median	85	15	0.006*	121.96	93.5	0.005*
Confrontive Coping	<= Median	88	41	0.006*
Distancing	> Median	81	18	0.076**	119.91	99.83	0.048*
Distancing	<= Median	92	38	0.076**
Self Controlling	> Median	79	22	0.496	118.63	103.79	0.144
Self Controlling	<= Median	94	34	0.496
Seeks Social Supports	> Median	78	25	0.923	113.46	119.76	0.535
Seeks Social Supports	<= Median	95	31	0.923
Accepting Responsibility	> Median	96	14	0.00*	125.77	81.73	0.000*
Accepting Responsibility	<= Median	77	42	0.00*
Escape Avoidance	> Median	90	17	0.008*	124.03	87.12	0.000*
Escape Avoidance	<= Median	83	39	0.008*
Planful Problem Solving	> Median	59	31	0.008*	107.51	138.13	0.037*
Planful Problem Solving	<= Median	114	25	0.008*
Positive Reappraisal	> Median	81	24	0.717	115.6	113.12	0.808
Positive Reappraisal	<= Median	92	32	0.717
*Pooled Annual*
	*Median Test*				*Kruskal-Wallis Test*
					*Mean Rank*
Coping Strategy		UG	GEMP	*p-value*	UG	GEMP	*p-value*
Confrontive Coping	> Median	212	74	0.001*	306.95	254.46	0.000*
Confrontive Coping	<= Median	180	113	0.001*
Distancing	> Median	202	67	0.000*	310.09	247.88	0.000*
Distancing	<= Median	190	120	0.000*
Self Controlling	> Median	173	75	0.360	299.83	269.39	0.040*
Self Controlling	<= Median	219	112	0.360
Seeks Social Supports	> Median	165	92	0.108	285.35	299.75	0.331
Seeks Social Supports	<= Median	227	95	0.108
Accepting Responsibility	> Median	208	77	0.007*	302.45	263.91	0.009*
Accepting Responsibility	<= Median	184	110	0.007*
Escape Avoidance	> Median	198	67	0.001*	309.08	249.99	0.000*
Escape Avoidance	<= Median	194	120	0.001*
Planful Problem Solving	> Median	154	92	0.024*	277.38	316.45	0.008*
Planful Problem Solving	<= Median	238	95	0.024*
Positive Reappraisal	> Median	192	88	0.665	291.85	286.12	0.699
Positive Reappraisal	<= Median	200	99	0.665

*Significant with 95% confidence.
**Significant with 90% confidence.

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