Sense of coherence as a coping mechanism for women with anxiety living in deprivation: a cohort study in the British population

Background Targeting people's coping mechanisms may represent a method of reducing anxiety rates. Previously, we showed that living in a deprived area significantly increases the risk of generalised anxiety disorder in women, but not in men. The aim of this study was to assess whether sense of coherence (coping mechanism) mitigates the influence of area deprivation on women's risk of generalised anxiety disorder. Methods We used data from the …