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Published in final edited form as: Journal Mass Commun Q. 2017 Jan 19;94(2):486–514. doi: 10.1177/1077699016687724

Table 3.

Description of Variables.

	n	M	SD	Minimum	Maximum
Age	234	51.18	9.05	26	78
Education	235	5.52	1.84	1	8
Income	217	4.09	1.57	1	6
Total volume of writing	236	21.46	54.54	0	426
Total volume of reading	236	466.23	934.67	0	7,121
Receiving emotional support
From newly diagnosed patients	236	241.43	478.04	0	3,237
From survivors	236	73.11	210.12	0	1,590
Receiving informational support
From newly diagnosed patients	236	242.63	478.49	0	3,091
From survivors	236	52.23	142.28	0	1,135
Δ Quality of life^a	202	0.05	0.44	− 0.96	1.50
Δ CES-D^a	201	− 0.37	0.68	− 2.50	2.25
Δ Cancer information competence^a	202	0.27	0.75	− 2.00	2.20
Δ Cancer knowledge^a	194	0.54	0.76	− 2.00	2.88

Note. CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale.

Values represent differences between the posttest and pretest.