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Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficient between burden and coping strategies

From: The relationship between coping styles and family burden in chronic schizophrenic and bipolar type I patients’ caregivers

Variable

n (%)

Burden

Siga

Problem focused in bipolar caregivers

50 (100%)

− 0.291

0.04*

Problem focused in schizophrenia caregivers

50 (100%)

− 0.278

0.05**

Emotion focused in bipolar patients caregivers

50 (100%)

− 0.186

0.19

Emotion focused in schizophrenia patients

50 (100%)

− 0.185

0.19

Less useful coping in bipolar caregivers

50 (100%)

0.04

0.78

Less useful in schizophrenia caregivers

50 (100%)

− 0.14

0.33

Problem focused in both groups

100 (100%)

− 0.291

0.04*

Emotion focused in both groups

100 (100%)

− 0.172

0.08

Less useful in both groups

100 (100%)

− 0.47

0.63

  1. aSignificance *P < 0.01; **P < 0.05