Table 2.

Mood Change and Post-session Ratings for the Disclosure and Control Groups (Combined, Positive, and Neutral) for the Writing Sample (Top) and Speaking Sample (Bottom)

Sample / Variable	Disclosure M (SD)	Combined Control M (SD)	Disclosure v. Combined Control p-value	Positive Control M (SD)	Disclosure v. Positive Control p-value	Neutral Control M (SD)	Disclosure v. Neutral Control p-value
Writing Sample
Anger change	0.40 (0.99)	-0.19 (0.93)	.009	-0.36 (1.00)	.009	-0.02 (0.84)	.12
Fear change	0.08 (1.05)	-0.06 (0.47)	.45	-0.18 (0.53)	.31	0.06 (0.38)	.94
Sadness change	0.47 (1.12)	-0.08 (0.60)	.01	-0.14 (0.60)	.03	0.00 (0.61)	.10
Guilt change	0.14 (1.00)	-0.28 (0.74)	.04	-0.45 (0.76)	.03	-0.11 (0.69)	.34
Personal nature	5.08 (0.90)	4.17 (1.92)	.01	4.94 (1.30)	.63	3.40 (2.14)	<.001
Revealing	4.88 (0.88)	3.83 (1.86)	.003	4.70 (1.25)	.54	3.00 (2.00)	<.001
Meaningful	4.79 (1.05)	3.84 (1.87)	.008	4.98 (0.94)	.52	2.75 (1.90)	<.001
Inhibited	3.02 (1.57)	1.92 (1.62)	.004	1.91 (1.68)	.02	1.93 (1.61)	.02
Speaking Sample
Anger change	0.16 (1.16)	-0.10 (1.15)	.34	-0.07 (1.60)	.55	-0.13 (0.48)	.31
Fear change	0.04 (0.93)	-0.05 (0.93)	.66	-0.04 (1.00)	.77	-0.07 (0.88)	.67
Sadness change	0.36 (1.12)	-0.18 (1.07)	.03	-0.09 (1.46)	.19	-0.26 (0.44)	.02
Guilt change	-0.05 (1.08)	-0.15 (0.93)	.66	-0.18 (1.20)	.69	-0.13 (0.56)	.78
Personal nature	4.63 (1.31)	4.22 (1.05)	.13	4.70 (0.84)	.83	3.78 (1.04)	.01
Revealing	4.64 (1.19)	3.82 (1.10)	.02	4.20 (0.63)	.39	3.48 (1.32)	.005
Meaningful	4.21 (1.35)	3.94 (1.27)	.36	4.65 (0.96)	.22	3.30 (1.18)	.01
Inhibited	2.71 (1.55)	1.82 (1.88)	.03	1.54 (2.12)	.02	2.08 (1.65)	.15