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Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2011 Mar 22;21(6):630–639. doi: 10.1002/pon.1959

Table 3.

Adjusted effect sizes^† of demographic and clinical variables on PPI (from PTGI subscales)^#

Variables	Relating to Others subscale	New Possibilities subscale	Personal Strength subscale	Spiritual Change subscale	Appreciation of Life subscale
Variables	Diff (95% CI)	Diff (95% CI)	Diff (95% CI)	Diff (95% CI)	Diff (95% CI)
Years since diagnosis		−0.01 (−0.02 to −0.01)^**	−0.01 (−0.02 to −0.01)^**		−0.01 (−0.02 to −0.01)^**
Age at diagnosis	0.01 (0.01 to 0.02)^**		0.02 (0.01 to 0.02)^**	0.01 (0.01 to 0.02)^**	0.01 (0.01 to 0.02)^**
Race White non-Hispanic All others	−0.10 (−0.18 to −0.03)^** Ref	−0.18 (−0.26 to −0.09)^** Ref	−0.13 (−0.20 to −0.05)^** Ref	−0.13 (−0.21 to −0.05)^** Ref	−0.09 (−0.17 to −0.02)^* Ref
Gender Male Female	−0.24 (−0.29 to −0.19)^** Ref	−0.18 (−0.24 to −0.13)^** Ref	−0.20 (−0.24 to −0.15)^** Ref	−0.26 (−0.31 to −0.20)^** Ref	−0.25 (−0.30 to −0.20)^** Ref
Education <= High school grad Some college >= College graduate	0.20 (0.12 to 0.27)^** 0.06 (0.01 to 0.11)^* Ref	0.09 (0.01 to 0.17)^* 0.02 (−0.04 to 0.08) Ref			−0.09 (−0.17 to −0.02)^* −0.06 (−0.11 to −0.01)^* Ref
Employed ^$ Yes No
Personal Income <$20,000 $20,000			−0.09 (−0.14 to −0.04)^** Ref	0.10 (0.04 to 0.16)^** Ref
Ever Married Yes No				0.12 (0.06 to 0.18)^** Ref	0.09 (0.04 to 0.15)^** Ref
Year of Diagnosis 1970-1973 1974-1978 1979-1986	−0.15 (−0.22 to −0.07)^** −0.04 (−0.10 to 0.01) Ref
SMN or Recurrence Yes No	0.25 (0.18 to 0.31)^** Ref	0.25 (0.18 to 0.33)^** Ref	0.22 (0.15 to 0.28)^** Ref	0.23 (0.16 to 0.30)^** Ref	0.20 (0.13 to 0.26)^** Ref
At least one intense therapy Yes No	0.20 (0.14 to 0.26)^** Ref	0.22 (0.15 to 0.29)^** Ref	0.21 (0.15 to 0.27)^** Ref	0.15 (0.08 to 0.22)^** Ref	0.18 (0.11 to 0.24)^** Ref
Diagnosis CNS HD NHL Kidney (Wilms) Neuroblastoma Soft tissue sarcoma Bone cancer Leukemia	−0.12 (−0.20 to −0.03)^** −0.11 (−0.20 to −0.02)^* −0.02 (−0.12 to 0.08) −0.21 (−0.30 to −0.12)^ −0.17 (−0.28 to −0.06)^ −0.03 (−0.12 to 0.07) 0.14 (0.05 to 0.24)^** Ref	−0.14 (−0.23 to −0.04)^ −0.06 (−0.15 to 0.02) −0.03 (−0.14 to 0.08) −0.29 (−0.39 to −0.19)^ −0.23 (−0.35 to −0.11)^ −0.08 (−0.18 to 0.02) 0.28 (0.18 to 0.38)^ Ref	−0.19 (−0.28 to −0.10)^ −0.06 (−0.14 to 0.03) 0.01 (−0.08 to 0.11) −0.21 (−0.30 to −0.12)^ −0.13 (−0.24 to −0.02)^* 0.03 (−0.06 to 0.12) 0.23 (0.13 to 0.32)^** Ref	−0.18 (−0.27 to −0.08)^** −0.12 (−0.22 to −0.02)^* 0.07 (−0.04 to 0.18) −0.21 (−0.30 to −0.11)^** −0.10 (−0.22 to 0.02) −0.01 (−0.11 to 0.09) 0.09 (−0.02 to 0.20) Ref	−0.30 (−0.39 to −0.21)^ −0.04 (−0.13 to 0.05) 0.03 (−0.07 to 0.13) −0.17 (−0.26 to −0.08)^ −0.04 (−0.14 to 0.07) −0.01 (−0.11 to 0.08) 0.16 (0.06 to 0.25)^** Ref

p<0.05,

^**

p<0.01; blank cells indicate that the standardized mean difference was not statistically significant at p<0.05.

^†

Effect Size = Standardized mean difference (i.e. Differences in mean compared to referent, divided by standard deviation)

For each subscale, all variables whose effect-size estimates are shown in the table were included in the model and adjusted for each other. Negative scores reflect relatively less growth, while positive scores reflect more growth.

Employment status (“Employed”) was one of the candidate variables in the backward selection, but it was not selected in any of the models.