Social support and gender differences in coping with depression among emerging adults: a mixed-methods study

Table 1 Sample studied

	Participants with diagnosis		Participants with mental distress		Participants with mental distress		Total		Statistics
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	Chi square distribution	gl	Sig.
Male	13	35.1 %	9	27.30 %	11	31.4 %	33	31.4 %	0.5	2	0.779
Female	24	64.9 %	24	72.70 %	24	68.6 %	72	68.6 %
17 years	5	13.5 %	3	9.10 %	7	20.0 %	15	14.3 %	Chi square distribution	gl	Sig.
18 years	10	27.0 %	6	18.20 %	5	14.3 %	21	20.0 %	6.571	8	0.584
19 years	12	32.4 %	10	30.30 %	9	25.7 %	31	29.5 %
20 years	7	18.9 %	9	27.30 %	12	34.3 %	28	26.7 %
21 years or older	3	8.1 %	5	15.20 %	2	5.7 %	10	9.5 %
Under 18,000 €	6	16.2 %	5	15.60 %	8	23.5 %	19	18.4 %	Chi square distribution	gl	Sig.
18,001–36,000 €	18	48.6 %	13	40.60 %	13	38.2 %	44	42.7 %	3.915	6	0.688
36,001 € or more	9	24.3 %	7	21.90 %	5	14.7 %	21	20.4 %
Missing data	4	10.8 %	7	21.90 %	8	23.5 %	19	18.4 %
Single-parent family	11	29.7 %	7	21.20 %	14	40.0 %	32	30.5 %	Chi square distribution	gl	Sig.
Two-parent or reconstituted family	17	45.9 %	19	57.60 %	19	54.3 %	55	52.4 %	6.563	4	0.161
No information	9	24.3 %	7	21.20 %	2	5.7 %	18	17.1 %
Minimal	20	54.1 %	24	72.70 %	30	85.7 %	74	70.5 %	Chi square distribution	gl	Sig.
Mild	8	21.6 %	4	12.10 %	3	8.6 %	15	14.3 %	15.534	6	0.016
Moderate	4	10.8 %	5	15.20 %	2	5.7 %	11	10.5 %
Severe	5	13.5 %	0	0.00 %	0	0.0 %	5	4.8 %
Average	19.30		19.67		19.63		19.52		F	gl	Sig.
N	37		33		35		105		1.286	2	0.281
Standard deviation	0.87765		1.16369		1.16533		1.07502
Average	8.79		8.15		8.76		8.57		F	gl	Sig.
N	34		33		34		101		2.132	2	0.124
Standard deviation	5.432		4.515		3.782		4.59
Average	5.15		4.24		4.88		4.76		F	gl	Sig.
N	34		33		34		101		0.205	2	0.815
Standard deviation	2.105		1.64		1.737		1.861

ISSN: 1753-2000