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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: The effects of perceived racism on psychological distress mediated by venting and disengagement coping in Native Hawaiians

Characteristics

Mean (SD) or %

Psychological distress scores

30.8 (14.9)

Perceived racism scores

19.3 (7.7)

Age (years)

54.9 (13.8)

Female (vs. male)

71%

Educational attainment

 No high school diploma

5.5%

 High school diploma or equivalent

55.8%

 Some college/technical/vocational

27.0%

 College graduate

11.7%

Marital Status

 Never married

10.3%

 Currently married

67.3%

 Divorced/separated/widowed

21.4%

Brief COPE subscale scores

 Active coping

6.0 (1.6)

 Emotional support

5.2 (2.0)

 Instrumental support

4.9 (2.0)

 Religion

6.2 (2.2)

 Positive reframing

6.0 (1.7)

 Planning

6.0 (1.7)

 Humor

3.8 (1.7)

 Acceptance

6.5 (1.5)

 Venting

4.3 (1.6)

 Self-distraction

5.4 (1.7)

 Denial

3.6 (2.4)

 Behavioral disengagement

3.2 (1.6)

 Self-blame

4.1 (1.7)

 Substance use

2.4 (1.3)

  1. SD = standard deviation. Due to missing data the sample size for the Brief COPE subscales range from 141 to 145