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Despite the general lack of significance among the research hypothesis, the overall
data analysis revealed some interesting findings. An analysis of the Brief Cope-Emotion
Focused Scale (M=1.67, SD=.38) and Problem Solving Scale (M=1.97, SD=.72), yielded
mean scores that reflect an overall frequent response to coping, indicating that patients
reported coping regardless of type. This also adds support for the findings that coping was
a significant variable for this population.
The Beck Depression Inventory (M=3.63, SD=1.98) reveals that the average
depression score was below clinical findings. This is important in conjunction with the
Cronbach's because it indicates that the population was not depressed and that it also
responded inconsistently. This may suggest that the BDI-II may not be a suitable measure
for this population; this population was uncharacteristically medically clean, or the truly
depressed patients were not sampled.
The Social Support Behavior Scale subscales revealed that patients' friends
(M=2.13, SD=.84), and family (M=2.69, SD=.98), were highly likely to give multiple
forms of support to participants. This finding, as stipulated in the literature, maintains
lower depression scores and overall improved coping. This finding was not surprising,
given the fact that most participants were married, educated and middle income.
Further data analysis showed that participants' average responses on the MacNew
(M=5 .67, SD= .88), reflected an overall high quality of life response. Most patients
responded to not having difficulties specific to their heart disease. This supports the other
results and findings that patients were generally not depressed, were coping, and were
supported.
Pain rating scores from the McGill (M=4.27, SD=8.86), reveal that participants
did not report high intensity pain scores. However, it is of note that the standard deviation