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Table 2 Median value and interquartile range of coping, parental relations and defenses

From: Memories of paternal relations are associated with coping and defense mechanisms in breast cancer patients: an observational study

Variables

Median

Lower Quartile

Upper Quartile

Coping

 Anxious preoccupation

19

15

22

 Avoidance

11

9

13

 Fatalism

11

9

12

 Fighting spirit

16

14

17

 Hopelessness/Helplessness

14

11

18

Defenses

  Factor1

4.05

3.40

4.69

 Acting

3.67

2.33

4.67

 Conversion

1.00

1.00

1.67

 Displacement

2.67

2.00

4.00

 Dissociation

4.00

2.67

5.33

 Fantasy

3.00

1.33

4.67

 Omnipotence

4.67

3.33

5.67

 Passive aggression

4.00

3.33

5.67

 Projection

2.33

1.33

3.00

 Repression

3.33

1.67

4.67

 Somatization

4.33

2.67

5.67

 Splitting

6.33

5.33

7.67

 Sublimation

5.33

4.33

6.67

 Undoing

4.33

3.33

6.00

  Factor2

5.64

4.87

6.14

 Altruism

8.00

7.25

8.75

 Denial

4.83

3.67

6.00

 Humor

5.13

3.50

6.50

 Idealization

6.50

5.33

8.00

 Intellectual

5.25

4.25

6.50

 Reaction formation

4.33

3.00

5.67

 Suppression

5.33

3.67

7.00

 Withdrawal

6.33

4.33

7.67

Parental relations

 Care – Father

25

18

32

 Care – Mother

27

17

31

 Overprotection – Father

15

9

20

 Overprotection – Mother

14

10

21