Table 1.

Participant characteristics and key variables. SD = standard deviation.

	N	Mean (SD)
Age	89	57.8 (9.2)
Months since diagnosis	86	23.3 (16.9)
PSA level	75	8.7 (9.6)
Gleason Score		%
1 – 6	55	90.2
7+	6	9.8
Relationship status
Married/living with partner	42	45.7
Primary partner, not cohabitating	16	17.4
No primary partner	21	22.8
Dating one or more people	6	6.5
Separated or divorced	2	2.2
Widowed	3	3.3
Education
≤ High school degree	5	5.4
Some college	20	21.7
College/university	27	29.3
Graduate school	37	40.2
Ethnicity
African American	5	5.4
Asian	1	1.1
Caucasian	84	91.3
Other	2	2.2
Work status
Working full-time	30	32.6
Working part-time due to health	4	4.3
Working part-time not due to health	11	12.0
On leave	2	2.2
Temporarily laid-off or Unemployed	3	3.3
Disability/unable to work	4	4.3
Retired	26	28.3
Treatment
Prostatectomy	51	55.4
External radiation	25	27.2
Brachytherapy	7	7.6
Hormone therapy	23	25.0
No treatment	8	8.7
		Mean (SD)
Anxious attachment	86	−.94 (4.3)
Avoidant attachment	86	−.62 (4.6)
Outness level	90	69.53 (25.7)
Outness comfort	90	78.67 (21.9)
Illness intrusiveness	90	30.93 (19.92)