TABLE 3.
Descriptive Statistics and Effect Sizes for Psychosocial Outcomes
| Outcome (range) | Time | Overall | Women | Men | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | d | M | SD | d | M | SD | d | ||
| HIV Knowledge (0–16) | 0 | 11.28 | 2.51 | 11.18 | 2.74 | 11.36 | 2.36 | |||
| 1 | 12.33 | 2.50 | .42 | 11.85 | 2.68 | .25 | 12.69 | 2.35 | .58 | |
| 2 | 12.61 | 2.66 | .52 | 12.47 | 2.50 | .50 | 12.70 | 2.81 | .53 | |
| Depressive Symptoms (0–60) | 0 | 16.81 | 12.09 | 14.50 | 10.04 | 18.77 | 13.46 | |||
| 1 | 14.49 | 10.78 | .20 | 14.83 | 11.61 | −.03 | 14.21 | 10.31 | .39 | |
| 2 | 15.36 | 11.73 | .12 | 16.50 | 11.03 | −.20 | 14.58 | 12.34 | .33 | |
| Disclosure SE (6–30) | 0 | 17.24 | 8.30 | 14.57 | 7.98 | 19.24 | 8.10 | |||
| 1 | 18.21 | 7.65 | .12 | 15.90 | 7.19 | .18 | 20.06 | 7.64 | .11 | |
| 2 | 17.73 | 8.21 | .06 | 15.16 | 8.62 | .07 | 19.62 | 7.52 | .05 | |
| Discussion SE (8–32) | 0 | 13.58 | 4.46 | 14.41 | 4.48 | 12.92 | 4.42 | |||
| 1 | 12.00 | 3.90 | .38 | 12.10 | 4.42 | .53 | 11.92 | 3.54 | .25 | |
| 2 | 13.68 | 4.76 | −.02 | 13.70 | 5.12 | .15 | 13.67 | 4.59 | −.17 | |
| Personalized Stigma (18–72) | 0 | 49.80 | 12.15 | 52.63 | 9.43 | 47.64 | 13.66 | |||
| 1 | 51.05 | 11.23 | .11 | 52.74 | 9.99 | .01 | 49.65 | 12.21 | .16 | |
| 2 | 49.08 | 12.01 | −.06 | 49.41 | 8.83 | −.36 | 48.82 | 14.20 | .09 | |
| Negative Self-Image (13–52) | 0 | 34.70 | 8.65 | 37.11 | 8.77 | 33.00 | 8.31 | |||
| 1 | 36.24 | 8.25 | .18 | 36.16 | 9.09 | −.11 | 36.32 | 7.72 | .42 | |
| 2 | 34.84 | 8.30 | .02 | 34.05 | 8.07 | −.37 | 35.46 | 8.60 | .30 | |
| Peer Social Support (6–18) | 0 | 12.52 | 3.33 | 11.45 | 3.02 | 13.36 | 3.38 | |||
| 1 | 13.67 | 3.28 | .35 | 13.35 | 3.83 | .57 | 13.81 | 2.84 | .15 | |
| 2 | 13.20 | 2.95 | .22 | 12.58 | 3.15 | .38 | 13.63 | 2.78 | .09 | |
| Family Social Support (9–27) | 0 | 18.10 | 4.19 | 18.00 | 3.79 | 18.91 | 4.57 | |||
| 1 | 17.87 | 4.56 | −.05 | 17.16 | 4.50 | −.21 | 18.42 | 4.61 | −.11 | |
| 2 | 17.79 | 4.02 | −.08 | 16.29 | 3.02 | −.51 | 18.84 | 4.35 | −.02 | |
| Formal Social Support (9–27) | 0 | 16.51 | 4.04 | 15.64 | 2.84 | 17.23 | 4.74 | |||
| 1 | 17.41 | 5.04 | .20 | 17.40 | 4.57 | .48 | 17.43 | 5.49 | .04 | |
| 2 | 16.99 | 4.25 | .12 | 16.37 | 3.29 | .24 | 17.44 | 4.85 | .04 | |
| Proactive Coping (5–25) | 0 | 15.43 | 3.99 | 14.05 | 3.90 | 16.44 | 3.81 | |||
| 1 | 15.43 | 4.76 | .00 | 14.37 | 5.41 | .07 | 16.24 | 4.14 | −.05 | |
| 2 | 14.33 | 4.55 | −.26 | 12.58 | 3.40 | −.41 | 15.71 | 4.92 | −.17 | |
| Avoidant Coping (6–30) | 0 | 14.62 | 4.03 | 14.29 | 3.66 | 14.88 | 4.36 | |||
| 1 | 15.70 | 4.59 | −.25 | 14.58 | 4.65 | −.07 | 16.58 | 4.36 | −.40 | |
| 2 | 14.50 | 4.77 | .03 | 13.79 | 4.97 | .12 | 15.00 | 4.65 | −.03 | |
| Self-Esteem (10–40) | 0 | 17.82 | 6.19 | 18.77 | 6.35 | 17.04 | 6.07 | |||
| 1 | 18.24 | 6.39 | −.07 | 19.42 | 6.88 | −.10 | 17.25 | 5.92 | −.04 | |
| 2 | 18.41 | 6.83 | −.09 | 18.44 | 7.42 | .05 | 18.39 | 6.52 | −.22 | |
Note. Time 0=baseline; Time 1=post-intervention; Time 2=3 months following intervention; d=Cohen’s d effect size, as compared with Time 0, with positive values representing favorable results.