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Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2018 Jan 2;27(4):935–946. doi: 10.1007/s10897-017-0193-5

Table III.

Gender differences on scores on all measures

Measure	Gender	Mean±SD	df	Statistics
PHQ-9	Male=16	5.44±5.84	42	t=.45, 0>0.05 Cohen’s d=0.22
PHQ-9	Female=28	4.25±4.46	42	t=.45, 0>0.05 Cohen’s d=0.22
GAD-7	Males=16	4.38±4.20	42	t=.71, p>0.05 Cohen’s d= −.11
GAD-7	Females=28	4.89±4.71	42	t=.71, p>0.05 Cohen’s d= −.11
Coping Self Efficacy	Male= 19	168.32±67.46	47	t=1.49, p>0.05 Cohen’s d= −0.46
Coping Self Efficacy	Female= 30	192.87±33.51	47	t=1.49, p>0.05 Cohen’s d= −0.46
Healthcare Engagement	Male=17	16.24±2.30	45	t= 4.36, p<0.001 Cohen’s d= −1.4
Healthcare Engagement	Female=30	18.93±1.43	45	t= 4.36, p<0.001 Cohen’s d= −1.4
Tolerance of Uncertainty	Male= 17	14.88±2.89	45	t= 1.86, p>0.05 Cohen’s d=−0.58
Tolerance of Uncertainty	Female= 30	16.4±2.28	45	t= 1.86, p>0.05 Cohen’s d=−0.58

Cohen’s d effect size: 0.2= small 0.5= medium 0.8=large (Cohen, 1988)

Medium and large effect sizes are in bold