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. 2022 Nov 4;6(11):e39511. doi: 10.2196/39511

Table 4.

Associations of psychological distress with participants’ characteristics and level of putative mechanisms and processes at baseline and predicted marginal meansa.


Postintervention Follow-up Adjusted B (95% CI) Effect sizeb

Predicted marginal mean (95% CI) SE Predicted marginal mean (95% CI) SE

Time N/Ac N/A N/A N/A −7.46 (−37.20 to 22.29) −1.16
Age −0.31 (−1.04 to 0.42) −0.05

Lowd 24.92 (22.26 to 27.57) 1.36 24.99 (22.33 to 27.65) 1.36


Mean 24.03 (22.33 to 25.73) 0.87 22.62 (20.93 to 24.32) 0.87


Highe 23.15 (20.44 to 25.86) 1.38 20.26 (17.55 to 22.96) 1.38

Gender −0.51 (−5.26 to 4.23) −0.08

Female 24.16 (22.15 to 26.17) 1.03 23.90 (21.89 to 25.91) 1.03


Male 23.65 (19.61 to 27.69) 2.06 18.45 (14.41 to 22.49) 2.06

Ethnic minority status 2.39 (−4.40 to 9.18) 0.37

White majority 23.83 (22.02 to 25.64) 0.92 22.71 (20.91 to 24.52) 0.92


Minority 26.22 (19.81 to 32.62) 3.27 22.11 (15.70 to 28.52) 3.27

Clinical stagef −0.19 (−3.62 to 3.24) −0.03

Stage 1a 25.42 (23.12 to 27.73) 1.18 23.75 (21.44 to 26.05) 1.18


Stage 1b 21.84 (18.58 to 25.10) 1.66 20.21 (16.95 to 23.46) 1.66


Stage 2 22.62 (16.44 to 28.79) 3.15 23.37 (17.19 to 29.55) 3.15

General psychopathology at baseline 0.04 (−0.29 to 0.38) 0.01

Low 23.62 (19.88 to 27.37) 1.91 18.79 (15.05 to 22.54) 1.91


Mean 24.03 (22.33 to 25.74) 0.87 22.56 (20.86 to 24.26) 0.87


High 24.45 (20.85 to 28.04) 1.83 26.33 (22.73 to 29.92) 1.83

Level of functioning at baseline −0.10 (−0.30 to 0.11) -0.02

Low 25.02 (22.34 to 27.70) 1.37 22.27 (19.59 to 24.95) 1.37


Mean 24.07 (22.37 to 25.77) 0.87 22.65 (20.95 to 24.35) 0.87


High 23.12 (20.52 to 25.72) 1.33 23.03 (20.43 to 25.63) 1.33

Overall self-rated self-compassion at baseline 0.06 (−0.83 to 0.94) 0.01

Low 23.81 (19.66 to 27.95) 2.11 21.28 (17.14 to 25.43) 2.11


Mean 24.02 (22.29 to 25.76) 0.89 22.53 (20.79 to 24.26) 0.89


High 24.24 (20.74 to 27.74) 1.79 23.77 (20.27 to 27.28) 1.79

Momentary self-compassion at baseline −2.83 (−5.66 to 0.00) -0.37

Low 26.60 (23.53 to 29.68) 1.57 23.05 (19.97 to 26.12) 1.57


Mean 24.17 (22.47 to 25.88) 0.87 22.68 (20.98 to 24.38) 0.87


High 21.74 (18.88 to 24.60) 1.46 22.31 (19.45 to 25.17) 1.46

Adaptive emotion regulation at baseline −0.36 (−1.96 to 1.24) −0.06

Low 24.57 (21.68 to 27.45) 1.47 24.01 (21.13 to 26.90) 1.47


Mean 24.01 (22.35 to 25.74) 0.87 22.66 (20.96 to 24.63) 0.87


High 23.52 (20.64 to 26.41) 1.47 21.30 (18.42 to 24.19) 1.47

Maladaptive emotion regulation at baseline 0.03 (−1.74 to 1.80) 0.00

Low 24.00 (20.92 to 27.08) 1.57 20.53 (17.45 to 23.62) 1.57


Mean 24.05 (22.35 to 25.74) 0.87 22.66 (20.96 to 24.36) 0.87


High 24.09 (21.01 to 27.17) 1.57 24.78 (21.70 to 27.86) 1.57

aAdjusted for baseline levels of psychological distress.

bd-type effect size.

cN/A: not applicable.

dLow = mean − 1 SD.

eHigh = mean + 1 SD.

fStage 1a (individuals with psychological distress) is used as the reference category.