Table 3.

Levene’s test for equality of variances in the two groups based on the dependent variables (anxiety, psychological hardiness, and general self-efficacy)

Variables	F ratio	P-value
The level of anxiety
The difference between the pretest and posttest	6.7	P<0.01
The difference between posttest and follow-up	6.6	P<0.01
The level of psychological hardiness
The difference between the pretest and posttest	7.1	P<0.03
The difference between posttest and follow-up	7.6	P<0.01
The level of general self-efficacy
The difference between the pretest and posttest	6.3	P<0.01
The difference between posttest and follow-up	5.5	P<0.01