Table 1b Assessment of Substance use (COPE-b) by male and female managers
COPE-b
Gender
MDN
Mann-Whitney U
Z
p
Substance use
Male manager
1.50
1498.00
-2.452
.014
Female manager
1.00
Figure 1. CISS factors assessment comparison between male and female
managers
Figure 2. COPE-b factors assessment comparison between male and female
managers
On the basis of the results obtained it may be claimed that in terms of the
assessment of behavior in demanding situations of the male and the female managers,
the male managers achieved higher scores than the female managers in the COPE-b
factors Active coping, Substance use, and Humor. On the other hand, in the CISS
methodology factors Emotion-oriented and Social support, higher scores were
recorded by the female managers, as well as in the COPE-b factors Self-distraction,
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