Cross-sectional study on nurses’ attitudes regarding coercive measures: the importance of socio-demographic characteristics, job satisfaction, and strategies for coping with stress

Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the WCQ according to gender, education, ward (open/closed) and hospital

Coping strategy	n	\( \overline{\boldsymbol{x}} \)	SD	Gender (U/p)	Education (U/p)	Ward (U/p)	Hospital (χ²(2)/p)
Problem-focused coping strategies	355	37.104	8.801	13,566.00 0.561	10,146.00 0.003	12,769.50 0.430	6.607 0.252
Emotion-focused coping strategies	351	28.387	8.978	13,639.00 0.906	11,779.00 0.368	12,140.00 0.296	5.196 0.392

Legend: n, number of responses; \( \overline{x\ } \) , mean; SD, standard deviation; U, Mann-Whitney test; χ2(2), Kruskal-Wallis test; p, statistical significance

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