Total coping behavior scores (M =91.07, SD = 16.70) ranged from 58–127, representing minimally to moderately helpful coping strategies.
The item scores mean of 2.02 indicated moderately helpful coping behaviors. Consistent with comparison of mothers’ and fathers’ scores on Patterns I–III, mothers’ (M = 94.12, SD =
16.05) and fathers’ (M = 83.57, SD = 14.63) total coping behavior scores differed, t(46.69) = 2.78, p = .008.