Table 3.

Estimated Means and Standard Deviations of Dependent Variables at Three Time Points, by Experimental and Control Condition, and Group Effects on Slope Over Time

Outcome	Time 1		Time 2		Time 3		Group effect on slope
	M	SE	M	SE	M	SE	z	p	d
Social interactiona
Control	891.17	14.71	873.38	12.37	855.60	13.92	2.52	.02	0.47
Experimental	877.61	16.53	832.88	13.87	788.15	15.47
Recreation and pastimesa
Control	318.53	6.43	305.06	4.84	291.59	6.02	2.86	.005	0.53
Experimental	330.61	7.08	300.26	5.35	269.92	6.62
Positive states of mind
Control	22.07	0.38	22.92	0.34	23.47	0.36	3.00	.004	1.16
Experimental	21.31	0.41	23.33	0.41	24.31	0.43
Positive affect
Control	2.85	0.21	2.90	0.21	2.94	0.21	2.19	.03	0.31
Experimental	2.78	0.20	2.90	0.20	3.03	0.20
Benefit finding
Control	3.32	0.09	3.40	0.08	3.42	1.09	3.31	.001	0.82
Experimental	3.16	0.10	3.51	0.10	3.59	0.10
Lifestyle change
Control	2.77	0.18	2.95	0.15	3.14	0.20	2.64	.01	0.52
Experimental	2.60	0.18	3.05	0.15	3.50	0.21	2.60
MOCS Relaxation
Control	2.26	0.09	2.48	0.09	2.52	0.10	4.05	.001	0.86
Experimental	2.12	0.11	2.90	0.11	2.97	0.11
MOCS Coping
Control	3.31	0.08	3.34	0.07	3.37	0.08	1.94	.06	0.40
Experimental	3.16	0.08	3.31	0.08	3.46	0.09
MOCS Getting Needs Met
Control	3.51	0.09	3.51	0.08	3.50	0.09	0.96	.34	0.31
Experimental	3.41	0.10	3.49	0.09	3.57	0.11
MOCS Awareness of Tension
Control	3.20	0.08	3.24	0.07	3.29	0.09	0.99	.33	0.24
Experimental	3.27	0.09	3.38	0.08	3.50	0.10

Note. MOCS = Measure of Current Status.

^aHigher scores represent greater disruption.