Table 2.

Difference pre- and post-intervention for EA and MA groups on Knowledge about aging, empathy, attitude and Palmore scale (facts on aging)^*

	Mean	N	Standard Deviation	Standard Error	r	s
Experiencing aging
UCLA Total Pre	51.88	78	4.67	0.53	0.36	0.001
UCLA Total Post	50.51	78	5.19	0.58
Knowledge Total Pre	4.70	82	1.49	0.16	0.07	0.511
Knowledge Total Post	4.77	82	1.55	0.17
Palmore Positive Pre	58.11	76	6.17	0.70	0.66	<0.001
Palmore Positive Post	52.72	76	6.40	0.73
Palmore Total Pre	11.61	82	2.74	0.30	0.23	0.033
Palmore Total Post	10.94	82	2.28	0.25
Attitude Total Pre	15.53	51	2.93	0.41	0.37	0.007
Attitude Total Post	16.78	51	2.83	0.39
Empathy Total Pre	5.33	51	1.62	0.22	0.46	0.001
Empathy Total Post	4.63	51	1.31	0.18
Myths of aging
UCLA Total Pre	51.01	72	5.25	0.61	0.56	<0.001
UCLA Total Post	53.67	72	4.16	0.49
Knowledge Total Pre	4.00	76	1.46	0.16	0.32	0.004
Knowledge Total Post	4.38	76	1.53	0.17
Palmore Positive Pre	56.91	68	6.24	0.75	0.93	<0.001
Palmore Positive Post	72.14	68	3.83	0.46
Palmore Total Pre	11.13	76	2.41	0.27	0.92	<0.001
Palmore Total Post	17.58	76	1.96	0.22
Attitude Total Pre	16.17	75	3.65	0.42	0.47	<0.001
Attitude Total Post	14.83	75	3.46	0.40
Empathy Total Pre	5.44	75	2.37	0.27	0.21	0.070
Empathy Total Post	5.13	75	2.10	0.24

^*We considered a p ≤ 0.0083 as significant (Bonferroni multiple comparison procedure)