Anxiety as measured by:

STAI (regardless of subscale): negative change = anxiety decreases

HADS-anxiety subscale: negative change = anxiety decreases

Stress as measured by:

PSS: negative change = stress decreases

Depression as measured by:

BDI II: negative change = depression decreases

HADS-depression subscale: negative change = depression decreases

Mood/affect as measured by:

PANAS positive: negative change = positive mood decreases

PANAS negative: negative change = negative mood decreases

UMACL (depends on subscale): inference in paper was positive change = mood increases

Well-being as measured by:

WEMWBS: positive change = mental well-being increases

Subjective Happiness Scale: positive change = happiness increases

Total social support: positive change = total levels of support increases

SWLS (based on brackets): 5–9 = extremely dissatisfied; 15–19 = slightly dissatisfied; 20 = neutral; 21–25 = slightly satisfied; 26–30 = satisfied and as both groups in the same bracket that a negative score = satisfaction with life decreases