Table 3.
Means for self-report and cortisol measures (standard deviations in parentheses)
| GROUP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Psychotherapy | Psychotherapy plus Massage | ||||
| First | Last | First | Last | F | p | |
| Depression (CES-D) (0–60) | 20.33 | 18.00 | 23.81 | 16.55 | 9.28 | .004T×G |
| (10.10) | (10.66) | (9.33) | (11.06) | |||
| • Depressed affect | 6.19 | 4.67 | 6.55 | 4.14 | 8.49 | .006 T×G |
| (4.57) | (3.89) | (4.17) | (4.48) | |||
| • Somatic/Vegetative | 6.29 | 6.76 | 7.64 | 6.14 | 5.21 | .03 T×G |
| (3.12) | (3.99) | (3.32) | (3.40) | |||
| • Positive affect | 4.81 | 4.19 | 5.00 | 3.14 | 5.44 | .003 T×G |
| (3.82) | (3.88) | (3.15) | (3.28) | |||
| • Interpersonal distress | .86 | .90 | 1.18 | .91 | NS | |
| (1.20) | (1.64) | (1.30) | (1.87) | |||
| Anxiety (STAI) (0–80) | 42.00 | 39.52 | 44.05 | 36.76 | 7.90 | .008 T×G |
| (9.98) | (10.88) | (11.00) | (12.31) | |||
| Anger (STAXI) (0–40) | 17.43 | 17.91 | 17.95 | 19.14 | NS | |
| (4.75) | (6.14) | (5.57) | (8.49) | |||
| Relationships (0–4) | 3.10 | 2.92 | 2.93 | 2.92 | NS | |
| (.81) | (1.12) | (.63) | (.81) | |||
| Cortisol | .24 | .22 | .25 | .20 | 4.94 | .05 T×G |
| (.12) | (.13) | (.14) | (.09) | |||
T×G = trial by group interaction effect
Possible ranges of scored are in parentheses next to the variable name