Table 4. Holistic mean difference between the intervention and control groups at the pre-test, post-test and follow-up test for depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem.

Variable	Time	Intervention Position (I)	Intervention Position (J)	Mean Difference (I-J)		S.E.	p-value	95% CI		Partial ƞ2
								Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Depression	1	Intervention	Control		0.19	0.38	0.63	-0.57	0.94	0.001
	2	Intervention	Control		-1.72	0.40	<0.001*	-2.52	-0.93	0.06
	3	Intervention	Control		-0.18	0.43	0.67	-1.02	0.66	0.001
Anxiety	1	Intervention	Control		0.76	0.44	0.084	-0.10	1.63	0.01
	2	Intervention	Control		-0.99	0.39	0.012*	-1.76	-0.22	0.02
	3	Intervention	Control		-1.92	0.40	<0.001*	-2.70	-1.13	0.08
Stress	1	Intervention	Control		0.11	0.35	0.74	-0.57	0.80	0.00
	2	Intervention	Control		-1.97	0.46	<0.001*	-2.87	4.41	0.06
	3	Intervention	Control		-3.01	0.49	<0.001*	-3.97	-2.05	0. 12
Self-Esteem	1	Intervention	Control		0.27	0.72	0.71	-1.16	1.70	0.01
	2	Intervention	Control		5.24	0.73	<0.001*	3.80	6.68	0.16
	3	Intervention	Control		4.39	0.78	<0.001*	2.86	5.91	0. 11

*Significant at p<0.02 (adjusted P-value)