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contemporaneous use of all coping strategies. Means of coping strategies used at three months and levels of significance are presented in Table 9.14.
The question of whether the use of cognitive and behavioural coping strategies was different in those who had high dependence and changed and those who had low dependence and changed was explored in the context of reliable and significant change and is discussed below.
Table 9.14 Mean item totals for coping strategies at three months in high and low dependence people by categories of abstinence and use: Sample 6a (n=151)
high dependence (n=47)
cognitive coping
behavioural coping all coping
low dependence (n=52)
cognitive coping
behavioural coping all coping
abstinent
32.6 sd 10
20.9 sd 7.2 53.5 sd 15.6
37 sd 13.8
22.9 sd 8.8 59.8 sd 20.8
using
31.1 sd 12
16.1 sd 7.9 47.3 sd 19.4
28.6 sd 9.9
14.2 sd 8 42.9 sd 16.3
95% CI
-5.51 to 8.5
.14 to 9.36 -.4.68 to 17.13
1.7 to 15
3.9 to 13.3 6.6 to 27.4
t df p
.43 45 ns
2.1 45 .04 1.2 45 ns
2.5 50 .01
3.7 50 .001 3.3 50 .002
9.2.6 Change in dependence and coping strategies
In a separate analysis, the question of whether people with high dependence at intake and who had reliable change in their dependence score would use the same coping strategies as those with low dependence and reliable change in dependence was investigated. Correlational analysis was conducted separately to examine the relationships between different levels of dependence, change and the frequency of use of different methods of coping in the samples whose change scores were consistent with the criteria for reliable change (Jacobson and Truax 1991) described above and discussed in Chapter 10. As previously suggested, the criteria for statistically reliable change only are applied at this point, as the elucidation of nature of change rather than the measurement of outcome is the purpose of this enquiry.
In the high dependence group there were no significant correlations between dependence 198