TABLE 4.
Variable | Session | Group | Mean (SE) | t/χ2 | p |
State Anxiety | Baseline | Naïve | 36.58 (2.27) | ||
Experienced | 32.17 (1.69) | 1.56 | 0.13 | ||
Sub-acute | Naïve | 29.88 (2.08) | |||
Experienced | 26.95 (1.41) | 1.16 | 0.25 | ||
Follow-up | Naïve | 29.29 (2.0) | |||
Experienced | 26.73 (1.66) | 0.98 | 0.34 | ||
Trait Anxiety | Baseline | Naïve | 45.53 (2.73) | ||
Experienced | 39.97 (2.5) | 1.53 | 0.14 | ||
Sub-acute | Naïve | 38.65 (2.94) | |||
Experienced | 34.72 (2.11) | 1.09 | 0.29 | ||
Follow-up | Naïve | 32.86 (3.1) | |||
Experienced | 34.6 (2.84) | −0.41 | 0.69 | ||
Demographics | Age | Dropouts | 32.27 (1.28) | ||
Completers | 38.17 (2.09) | 2.39 | 0.02 | ||
Gender (male/female/other) n | Dropouts | 16/13/3 | |||
Completers | 10/13/0 | 1.74 | 0.19 | ||
Education (Graduate/undergraduate/secondary school) n | Dropouts | 10/15/4 | |||
Completers | 13/8/0 | 4.98 | 0.03 | ||
BFI Scores (Baseline) | Extraversion | Dropouts | 26.59 (1.44) | ||
Completers | 27.52 (1.19) | 0.5 | 0.62 | ||
Agreeableness | Dropouts | 32.96 (1.07) | |||
Completers | 35.24 (1.0) | 1.54 | 0.13 | ||
Openness | Dropouts | 36.74 (1.11) | |||
Completers | 38.95 (0.83) | 1.59 | 0.12 | ||
Neuroticism | Dropouts | 25.11 (1.45) | |||
Completers | 22.33 (1.46) | −1.36 | 0.18 | ||
Conscientiousness | Dropouts | 28.41 (1.23) | |||
Completers | 29.33 (1.47) | 0.48 | 0.63 | ||
STAI (Baseline) | State | Dropouts | 37.58 (1.84) | ||
Completers | 30.68 (1.62) | −2.78 | 0.01 | ||
Trait | Dropouts | 45.58 (2.77) | |||
Completers | 39.41 (2.06) | −1.79 | 0.08 | ||
EDI | Dropouts | 59.18 (5.63) | |||
Completers | 60.57 (6.15) | 0.17 | 087 |