Table 2

- Comparison of coping strategies and emotional response scores for gender and phase of study (N=261).

Response	Gender			Phase of study
	Male	Female	P-value	Preclinical^†	Clinical^‡	P-value
	mean±SD			mean±SD
Avoidant coping	20.38±2.03	20.88±1.56	0.030*	21.16±1.59	20.06±1.86	<0.001*
Approach coping	19.84±1.44	19.43±1.67	0.035*	19.65±1.47	19.59±1.71	0.748
Anxiety	3.44±1.04	3.46±0.97	0.876	3.29±1.10	3.64±0.84	0.005*
Fear	2.34±0.99	2.56±1.12	0.096	2.49±1.08	2.43±1.06	0.674
Anger	3.16±1.10	3.12±1.13	0.786	3.33±1.24	2.92±0.90	0.002*
Sadness	2.07±1.36	2.22±1.38	0.37	1.97±1.13	2.36±1.59	0.027*

SD: standard deviation, ^†year 1-3, ^‡year 4 and 5, *p-value indicates that there is a significant difference