Table II.
Means, Standard Deviations, and MANCOVA/ANCOVAs Comparing Cancer Versus Non-Cancer Events Across All Variables
| Effect |
M (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer event n = 100 | Non-cancer event n = 101 | F | η | |||
| MANCOVA between-subject effects | ||||||
| 1. Support | 4.05 (0.80) | 3.47 (1.19) | 16.27*** | .08 | ||
| 2. Reassurance/distraction | 3.37 (0.87) | 2.59 (0.93) | 26.60*** | .13 | ||
| 3. Magnification | 2.56 (1.20) | 2.39 (1.21) | 0.66 | <.01 | ||
| 4. Discouragement | 1.22 (0.44) | 1.33 (0.66) | 3.60 | .02 | ||
| ANCOVA between-subject effects | ||||||
| 5. PTG | 34.77 (10.10) | 25.47 (9.79) | 37.53*** | .17 | ||
Note. PTG = posttraumatic growth. Cancer treatment intensity rating and years since diagnosis were included as covariates in all analyses. N = 201.
***p < .001.