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. 2015 Aug 15;8(8):13585–13591.

Table 3.

Comparison of Pessimists and Optimists

Optimists Pessimists

HA (n = 22) WL (n = 24) HA (n = 22) WL (n = 24)
T0 CAPS PTSD 43.5 44.8 47.3 49.8
IES-R PTSD 20.2 20.2 25.0 27.0
Anxiety 58.2 57.9 52.5 51.9
Depression 4.1 4.0 5.1 5.2
PTGI 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.6
T1 CAPS PTSD 25.3 29.4a 39.6 56.9
IES-R PTSD 14.8 19.9a 17.3 24.7
Anxiety 59.1 58.6 55.4 53.8
Depression 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.7
PTGI 3.3 3.8 3.7 4.0
T2 CAPS PTSD 25.7 28.5 29.4 46.3
IES-R PTSD 11.3 14.8 11.5 16.5
Anxiety 66.4 62.4 60.4 54.8a
Depression 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.7
PTGI 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.9
T3 CAPS PTSD 18.6 20.2 22.8 23.9
IES-R PTSD 7.9 9.5 9.8 12.4
Anxiety 66.4 64.5 65.2 63.5
Depression 3.8 3.7 4.4 4.0
PTGI 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.2

Abbreviations: HA, creative art therapy intervention; WL, wait list condition.

a

Significance was set at P < 0.05.