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. 2020 Mar 18;15(3):e0229379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229379

Table 2. Within-group comparisons.

Intervention Control
Pre Post Pre Post
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) d Mean (SD) Mean (SD) d
BDI 14.86 (9.29) 9.27 (6.27) 0.72 16.68 (9.79) 15.73 (12.29) 0.09
BAI 9.89 (7.57) 6.34 (6.78) 0.50 10.94 (7.39) 11.33 (7.73) -0.05
PSS 20.33 (6.92) 16.90 (5.02) 0.57 21.74 (7.02) 21.24 (8.47) 0.07
FPI Total 165.94 (26.10) 167.35 (72.76) -0.03 170.66 (30.04) 163.44 (27.34) 0.25
 Social 41.14 (75.45) 35.67 (13.79) 0.49 41.45 (8.98) 40.73 (8.75) 0.08
 Sexual 25.84 (7.70) 17.74 (11.07) 0.86 27.63 (7.77) 28.41 (8.03) -0.10
 Relationship 27.07 (7.77) 37.49 (43.74) -0.40 27.94 (7.38) 28.58 (6.89) -0.09
 Childfree 30.22 (9.33) 29.89 (20.81) 0.02 31.19 (74.61) 29.77 (8.83) 0.16
 Parenthood 42.43 (7.57) 40.42 (11.37) 0.21 42.46 (9.93) 41.48 (9.93) 0.10

BDI = Beck's Depression Inventory-II; BAI = Beck's Anxiety Inventory; PSS = Perceived Stress Scale; FPI = Fertility Problem Inventory (Five Subscales: Social Concern, Sexual Concern, Relationship Concerns; Rejection of Childfree Lifestyle; Need for Parenthood). d = Cohen's d effect sizes.