Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of investigated psychometric variables of interest at each time point.

	n	M (SD)	Min.	Max.	Reference values*
t0
Beck Depression Inventory-II	88	11.23 (7.41)	1	31	7.79 (6.41)
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - STATE	88	42.68 (12.56)	20	69	41.3 (10.79)
EORTC QLQ-C30–global health status	88	65.72 (20.66)	16.67	100	59.3 (24.9)
Body Image Scale	86	8.94 (6.88)	0	28	7.64 (7.22)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	88	33.68 (5.13)	19	40	29.09**
t1
Beck Depression Inventory-II	88	8.38 (5.39)	1	30	7.79 (6.41)
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - STATE	88	36.66 (9.02)	20	59	41.3 (10.79)
EORTC QLQ-C30–global health status	87	65.23 (18.77)	16.67	100	59.3 (24.9)
Body Image Scale	88	7.03 (5.49)	0	26	7.64 (7.22)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	88	33.8 (4.5)	20	40	29.09**
t2
Beck Depression Inventory-II	88	8.52 (6.5)	0	39	7.79 (6.41)
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - STATE	88	39.66 (10.7)	20	62	41.3 (10.79)
EORTC QLQ-C30 – global health status	88	70.64 (17.78)	25	100	59.3 (24.9)
Body Image Scale	88	6.6 (5.82)	0	22	7.64 (7.22)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	88	34.78 (5.54)	11	40	29.09**

^*Mean and standard deviations of reference values reported for women for BDI-II (Ghisi et al., 2006), STAI-State (Pedrabissi and Santinello, 1989), EORTC QLQ-C30 (Scott et al., 2008), and BIS (Hopwood et al., 2001).

^**Average value retrieved from Prezza et al. (1997) not age-specific.