Kennedy et al.17 produced three major ®ndings.
Firstly psychological outcomes and coping strategies
across time were found to be relatively stable. A high
level of consistency was evidenced across all nine
assessment times for depression and anxiety. Twenty-
®ve per cent to 35 per cent of those individuals
assessed reached clinical levels of depression and 20%
to 35% clinical levels of anxiety. Coping strategy use
was also found to be stable across time with the most
commonly used strategy being acceptance. The pattern
of least used strategies was also fairly consistent and
included behavioural disengagement, denial and alco-
hol and drug use ideation.