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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2010 Jun;98(6):1009–1024. doi: 10.1037/a0019400

Table 4.

Study 2 Means and Standard Deviations for Pretest, Posttest, and Averaged Weekly Variables for All Participants, and by Gender.

M (SD) Males Females p
1. Pretest Distress .00 (.90) .01 (.91) −.00 (.91) .908
2. Pretest Self-image Goals 2.54 (.69) 2.87 (.68) 2.42 (.65) .001
3. Pretest Compassionate Goals 4.11 (.47) 3.91 (.42) 4.17 (.46) .001
4. Pretest Support Given 4.23 (.72) 3.97 (.46) 4.17 (.46) .001
5. Pretest Support Received 4.02 (.86) 3.71 (.82) 4.12 (.85) .001
6. Pretest Dysfunctional Attitudes 2.43 (.42) 2.52 (.41) 2.40 (.41) .839
7. Pretest Validation Seeking 3.05 (.81) 3.22 (.71) 2.99 (.84) .141
8. Pretest Growth Seeking 3.47 (.72) 3.35 (.72) 3.55 (.71) .988
9. Posttest Distress .00 (.91) .05 (.94) −.02 (.90) .654
10. Posttest Self-image Goals 2.35 (.76) 2.47 (.73) 2.31 (.78) .200
11. Posttest Compassionate Goals 3.92 (.81) 3.74 (.78) 3.95 (.82) .108
12. Posttest Support Given 4.11 (.83) 3.94 (.83) 4.17 (.83) .093
13. Posttest Support Received 3.97 (1.00) 3.83 (.93) 4.01 (1.02) .261
14. Chronic Distress .00 (.95) .01 (.96) −.01 (.95) .898
15. Chronic Self-image Goals 2.38 (.67) 2.55 (.62) 2.31 (.68) .019
16. Chronic Compassionate Goals 3.75 (.87) 3.66 (.57) 3.98 (.60) .001
17. Chronic Rumination 1.77 (.60) 1.63 (.56) 1.81 (.60) .421
18. Chronic Reflection 2.05 (.74) 1.83 (.61) 2.12 (.76) .056
19. Chronic Reassurance Seeking 1.11 (.26) 1.10 (.24) 1.11 (.25) .527
20. Chronic Have Clear Goals 3.51 (.86) 3.57 (.88) 3.45 (.86) .394
21. Chronic Goal Progress 3.50 (.68) 3.35 (.67) 3.54 (.68) .776
22. Chronic Goal Setbacks 1.79 (.60) 1.71 (.52) 1.83 (.62) .062
23. Chronic Goal-Related Pressure 1.59 (.60) 1.67 (.66) 1.57 (.58) .263

Note: N = 230 (172 females, 58 males) at pretest and for chronic variables; N = 218 (166 females, 52 males) at posttest .