Table VI.
Comparing the mean and standard deviation of the coping skills: seeking social support, accepting responsibility, planned problem solving, positive reappraisal, confrontive coping, self-control, distancing, and avoidance, before the intervention and on the tenth day of the medical waiting period of assisted reproductive treatments in the three groups: control, problem solving skills training, and positive reappraisal coping intervention
| Variable Coping strategy |
Group
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Results of ANCOVA
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Problem-solving skills training | Positive reappraisal coping intervention | Group effect | Covariate effect | ||
| Seeking social support | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
8.83 ± 3.60 8.32 ± 3.20 - |
8.08 ± 4.10 10.61 ± 4.57 0.023 |
8.02 ± 3.90 9.05 ± 4.92 0.105 |
F = 5.81 p = 0.004a |
F = 53.02 p < 0.001 |
|
| Accepting responsibility | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
4.5 ± 2.33 4.23 ± 2.00 - |
5.10 ± 1.97 3.55 ± 2.01 0.009 |
5.02 ± 2.41 3.85 ± 1.90 0.021 |
F = 1.108 p = 0.334 |
F = 4.125 p = 0.045 |
|
| Planned problem solving | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
6.05 ± 3.33 6.40 ± 3.04 - |
5.9 ± 3.40 7.55 ± 3.34 <0.001 |
7.47 ± 3.23 6.20 ± 3.07 0.085 |
F = 6.227 p = 0.003b |
F = 24.502 p < 0.001 |
|
| Positive reappraisal | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
9.41 ± 4.05 10.14 ± 3.84 - |
10.52 ± 4.20 11.82 ± 3.38 0.019 |
10.61 ± 3.61 11.62 ± 4.02 0.037 |
F = 1.995 p = 0.141 |
F = 22.130 p < 0.001 |
|
| Confrontive coping | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
5.50 ± 2.21 5.20 ± 2.58 - |
6.22 ± 2.40 5.58 ± 3.12 0.011 |
6.11 ± 2.88 4.8 ± 2.5 0.001 |
F = 0.984 p = 0.378 |
F = 18.96 p < 0.001 |
|
| Self-control | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
8.38 ± 3.7 8.91 ± 4.87 - |
8.27 ± 2.94 9.05 ± 3.00 0.021 |
10.27 ± 6.63 8.20 ± 3.44 0.001 |
F = 1.849 p = 0.141 |
F = 22.130 p < 0.001 |
|
| Distancing | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
7.16 ± 3.22 8.41 ± 3.81 - |
7.97 ± 2.65 6.50 ± 3.03 0.016 |
7.77 ± 3.19 7.05 ± 6.30 0.024 |
F = 1.36 p = 0.259 |
F = 6.657 p = 0.011 |
|
| Avoidance | ||||||
| Before intervention Waiting period Effect size |
8.75 ± 3.86 9.91 ± 3.94 - |
9.86 ± 3.57 7.61 ± 3.86 0.043 |
9.63 ± 3.24 8.62 ± 2.96 0.095 |
F = 5.320 p = 0.006c |
F = 25.22 p < 0.001 |
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Data presented as Mean ± SD
. Significant difference between problem-solving skills training and the control group.
. Significant differences between the problem-solving skills training with control and positive reappraisal coping intervention group
. Significant differences between the control group with problem-solving skills training and positive reappraisal coping intervention group