Table 6.
Effect maintenance in the Master Your Mood group (n = 121).
| Instrument | Baseline (t
0) Mean (SD) |
12 weeks (t
1) Mean (SD) |
24 weeks (t
2) Mean (SD) |
t 0 − t 1 | t 0 − t 2 | t 1 − t 2 | ||||||
| t a | P value | d b | t | P value | d | t | P value | d | ||||
| Depression (CES-D)c | 32.5 (8.4) | 19.3 (9.7) | 18.3 (10.7) | 13.3 | <.001 | 1.57 | 9.4 | <.001 | 1.69 | 1.0 | .31 | 0.10 |
| Anxiety (HADS)d | 11.2 (3.6) | 8.0 (3.9) | 7.8 (3.8) | 12.8 | <.001 | 0.89 | 10.0 | <.001 | 0.96 | 0.8 | .42 | 0.06 |
| Masterye | 12.8 (3.4) | 15.9 (4.1) | 16.7 (4.1) | 9.2 | <.001 | 0.91 | 10.4 | <.001 | 1.14 | 2.8 | .006 | 0.19 |
a df = 120.
b Individual standardized effect sizes [d = (t 0 − t 1) /SDt0); d = (t 0 – t 2) /SDt0 ; d = (t 1 – t 2) /SDt1] with positive effect sizes indicating improvement.
c Dutch version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [43].
d Dutch version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [47].
e 5-item Mastery Scale [48]. Higher scores stand for higher sense of mastery; differences calculated as t 1 − t 0 , t 2 − t 0 , t 2 − t 1.