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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2011 Apr;152(4):866–877. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.01.003

Table 6.

Results of Latent Growth Curve Modeling of Disclosure vs. Combined Control Groups, Positive Control, and Neutral Control for Patients in the Writing Sample (Top) and Speaking Sample (Bottom)

Disclosure vs. Combined Controls Disclosure vs. Positive Controls Disclosure vs. Neutral Controls
Sample / Outcome Measure Path Estimate1 SE t p Path Estimate SE t p Path Estimate SE t p
Writing Sample
    Sensory pain 0.04 0.04 0.84 .40 0.08 0.05 1.49 .14 -0.01 0.03 -0.17 .86
    Affective pain 0.05 0.02 2.04 .04 0.05 0.03 1.78 .09 0.01 0.01 0.41 .68
    Physical dysfunction 0.03 0.02 1.70 .09 0.04 0.02 1.57 .12 0.02 0.01 1.54 .13
    Affective dysfunction 0.01 0.02 0.33 .74 0.02 0.03 0.60 .55 -0.00 0.02 -0.07 .94
    Pain behavior 0.41 0.40 1.02 .31 0.02 0.05 0.32 .75 -0.02 0.03 -0.67 .51
    Grip strength -3.34 3.35 -1.00 .32 -5.06 3.44 -0.15 .14 -2.44 1.71 -1.43 .15
    Walking time 0.39 0.20 1.99 .047 0.11 0.19 0.57 .57 0.22 0.10 2.35 .02
    Swollen joint count 0.03 0.07 0.41 .68 NA2 NA
    Physician global rating 0.84 0.91 0.93 .35 0.61 0.45 1.33 .18 0.08 0.23 0.35 .73
    Erythrocyte sed rate -0.41 0.70 -0.58 .56 0.41 0.79 0.53 .60 -0.49 0.39 -1.24 .21
Speaking Sample
    Sensory pain 0.09 0.05 1.91 .06 0.16 0.06 2.79 .005 0.02 0.03 0.58 .56
    Affective pain 0.03 0.03 1.13 .26 0.07 0.03 2.74 .006 0.02 0.01 1.36 .17
    Physical dysfunction 0.01 0.03 0.35 .73 0.03 0.02 1.23 .22 0.01 0.00 -0.49 .62
    Affective dysfunction 0.01 0.03 0.33 .74 0.01 0.03 0.41 .68 0.02 0.02 1.04 .30
    Pain behavior 0.01 0.35 0.02 .98 0.03 0.05 0.59 .56 0.02 0.03 0.68 .49
    Grip strength -3.58 2.76 -1.30 .20 -1.94 3.02 -0.64 .52 -0.30 1.63 -0.19 .85
    Walking time 0.13 0.15 0.91 .36 0.39 0.19 2.01 .04 0.00 0.09 0.04 .96
    Swollen joint count 0.43 0.40 1.06 .29 NA NA
    Physician global rating 1.44 0.94 1.54 .12 -0.03 0.48 -0.06 .95 0.05 0.21 0.21 .84
    Erythrocyte sed rate 0.68 0.83 0.82 .41 0.13 0.99 0.13 .90 0.62 0.40 1.54 .12
1

Path estimates are the unstandardized coefficients of the relationship between experimental group and slope estimate variance.

2

Path estimates not available for swollen joint count for analyses of disclosure vs. specific control groups because the model did not converge or adequately fit.