Table 2.

Preliminary analyses (sociocultural factors): summary table of independentsample t-tests between males and females, patients only.

	Independent-sample t-test (two-tailed)	Men M, SD	Women M, SD
Study variables
Relational quality	t = −.78	M = 5.58, SD = 1.00	M = 5.76, SD = 1.04
Prognosis uncertainty	t = −.04	M = 2.71, SD = 1.04	M = 2.72, SD = 1.09
Efficacy	t = −1.59	M = 4.25, SD = .70	M = 4.43, SD = .63
Cancer management	t = −.44	M = 4.16, SD = .58	M = 4.23, SD = .66
Length diagnosed	t = .48	M = 60.56, SD = 13.04	M = 53.93, SD = 53.94
General health	t = −.03	M = 3.40, SD = .22	M = 3.41, SD = .12