The Greek-Orthodox version of the Brief Religious Coping (B-RCOPE) instrument: psychometric properties in three samples and associations with mental disorders, suicidality, illness perceptions, and quality of life

Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of B−RCOPE scale items in the three separate samples

	Healthy participants (N = 127)				ED medical patients (N = 67)				Routine care medical patients (N = 284)
	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kyrtosis	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kyrtosis	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kyrtosis
Item 1	1.945	0.994	0.751	−0.529	2.343	1.136	0.050	−1.450	2.268	1.112	0.264	−1.298
Item 2	2.158	1.080	0.449	−1.088	2.731	1.081	−0.327	−1.154	2.687	1.078	−0.235	−1.216
Item 3	2.205	1.108	0.367	−1.227	2.373	1.139	0.165	−1.380	2.398	1.125	0.069	−1.382
Item 4	1.724	1.013	1.136	−0.033	2.239	1.182	0.369	−1.381	2.222	1.139	0.336	−1.324
Item 5	1.858	0.965	0.827	−0.408	2.000	1.059	0.710	−0.739	2.194	1.119	0.358	−1.274
Item 6	2.268	1.094	0.298	−1.223	2.388	1.114	0.189	−1.304	2.320	1.168	0.158	−1.472
Item 7	1.693	0.955	1.208	0.336	2.149	1.184	0.549	−1.226	1.954	1.094	0.695	−0.948
Item 8	1.449	0.742	1.776	2.858	1.328	0.705	2.113	3.576	1.391	0.746	1.843	2.430
Item 9	1.260	0.566	2.363	5.716	1.224	0.623	3.291	11.307	1.342	0.718	2.156	3.906
Item 10	1.528	0.834	1.579	1.726	1.433	0.763	1.814	2.727	1.556	0.862	1.393	0.866
Item 11	1.394	0.747	1.996	3.423	1.493	0.877	1.761	2.120	1.482	0.830	1.551	1.236
Item 12	1.134	0.510	4.237	18.423	1.254	0.636	2.648	6.620	1.148	0.497	3.781	14.876
Item 13	1.158	0.478	3.523	13.672	1.567	0.988	1.556	1.046	1.504	0.968	1.722	1.482
Item 14	1.559	0.823	1.241	0.430	1.567	0.891	1.379	0.747	1.771	1.073	1.037	−0.413

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