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and coping at t1 but at t2 a significant positive correlation emerged between frequency of behavioural coping and the amount of change between t1 and t2; no such correlation were found for cognitive coping. A significant negative correlation between both cognitive and behavioural coping and degree of dependence was found at t2. In the low dependence group no significant correlations were found between dependence, change and frequency of coping. These correlations are presented in Table 9.15.
Table 9.15 Correlations for cognitive and behavioural coping with dependence scores and with change in dependence scores at t2 for high (=>24) and low (<18) dependence groups who had reliable change at t2: Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients: (Sample 6a, n=151; high dependence and reliable change n=26; low dependence and reliable change n=23)
cognitive coping t2 behavioural coping t2
all coping t2
* p< .05 (1-tailed) **p< .01 (1-tailed)
high dependence
LDQ t2 LDQchanget2
-.42* .28 -.46* .43*
-.5** .4*
low dependence
LDQ t2 LDQchanget2
-.22 .23 -.1 -.09
-.21 .1
These data suggest that greater frequency of behavioural coping at t2 is associated with greater change in dependence at t2 in those individuals with high dependence at t1 who have achieved a reliable change score in dependence at t2. No such association with cognitive coping strategies was found. In the low dependence sub-sample, no significant correlations were found in those who had reliable change either between dependence scores and the two sorts of coping strategies or with the total use of coping strategies, nor were any found between change and coping.
However, when the frequency of use of all coping strategies was compared for those with high dependence at intake who had achieved reliable change in dependence at three months with those who had not achieved such change, the greater frequency of use of coping strategies both at intake and at three months did not reach statistical significance. A significant difference was found in the frequency of the use of cognitive coping between those who had reliable change between three months and twelve months and those who did not achieve such change (t=2.3; df=25; p<.03,
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