Table 2.

Change in Salivary Cortisol Following Stress-Reduction Guided Imagery

	Guided Imagery group			Control group
	Salivary cortisol (μg/dL)			Salivary cortisol (μg/dL)
Session number	Pre-session	Post-session	Change	Pre-session	Post-session	Change
1	0.83 ± 0.17	0.64 ± 0.19	−0.19 ± 0.30	0.56 ± 0.29	0.52 ± 0.25	−0.04 ± 0.25
2	0.66 ± 0.26	0.52 ± 0.12	−0.14 ± 0.15**	0.68 ± 0.25	0.55 ± 0.20	−0.12 ± 0.17
3	0.66 ± 0.16	0.48 ± 0.10	−0.18 ± 0.09*	0.50 ± 0.16	0.40 ± 0.14	−0.10 ± 0.14
4	0.61 ± 0.19	0.44 ± 0.16	−0.18 ± 0.08*a	0.52 ± 0.31	0.50 ± 0.28	−0.01 ± 0.28a

Between-group comparisons: ^ap < 0.10.

Data reported are unadjusted means ± standard deviation for salivary cortisol.

Within-group comparisons: *p < 0.01; **p < 0.10.