Table 3. Autobiographical memories assessed using the autobiographical memory test.

Variable	People with cancer group Mean (SD)	Non-cancer group Mean (SD)	t	p	Cohen’s d
Specific memory	5.32 (2.56)	6.77 (2.66)	−2.19	0.033	−0.55
General memory	3.23 (2.12)	2.29 (2.05)	1.76	0.083	0.45
No memory	1.45 (1.23)	0.94 (1.09)	1.74	0.086	0.44
Valence of the specific memory
Positive memory	2.55 (1.48)	3.29 (1.49)	−1.97	0.054	−0.50
Negative memory	2.77 (1.50)	3.35 (1.38)	−1.59	0.118	−0.40
Semantic content of the memory
Related to the participant’s cancer	2.23 (1.50)	0.10 (0.40)	7.65	<0.001	1.94
Related to another person’s cancer	0.35 (0.61)	0.52 (0.68)	−0.987	0.328	−0.26
Non cancer-related	6.19 (1.68)	8.52 (1.26)	−6.15	<0.001	−1.57

Note:

People with cancer group (n = 31); non-cancer group (n = 31).