Appraisals and coping mediate the relationship between resilience and distress among significant others of persons with spinal cord injury or acquired brain injury: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Means, standard deviations and independent samples t-tests between SCI and ABI groups (n = 228)

	Total		SCI		ABI		Independent samples t-test^a
	(n = 228)		(n = 122)		(n = 106)		Independent samples t-test^a
Variable (range of scores)	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	t	df	p
1. Resilience (0–40)	28.3	5.9	27.5	6.0	29.1	5.8	−2.02	226	<.05
2. Appraisals (threat and loss) (0–5)	1.3	1.1	1.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	4.01	225.6	<.001
3. Passive coping (7–28)	10.5	2.8	10.8	2.9	10.2	2.6	1.61	226	.11
4. Psychological distress (0–42)	13.1	7.8	14.0	7.6	12.0	7.8	1.95	226	.05

Note. SCI Spinal cord injury, ABI Acquired brain injury, M Mean, SD Standard deviation, n Number of participants, t t-value, df Degrees of freedom, p p-value
^aIndependent samples t-test to test differences in scale scores between SCI and ABI

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