Table 2.
Means, standard deviations, and effect sizes of screening and outcome variables for patients
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| Scale Range | Alpha | N | Pre M (SD) | Post M(SD) | N | Pre M (SD) | Post M (SD) | Effect Size | |
| Screening: Holding back | 0–4 | .78 | 8 | 1.21 (0.80) | -- | 14 | 1.83 (0.86) | -- | -- |
| Relationship functioning | |||||||||
| Relationship satisfaction | 0–42 | .86 | 11 | 28.0 (5.6) | 29.2 (5.9) | 17 | 29.6 (7.5) | 28.4 (8.5) | .30 |
| Intimacy | 0–10 | .94 | 12 | 8.0 (0.9) | 8.4 (0.9) | 17 | 8.0 (1.3) | 7.8 (1.6) | .63 |
| Affective communicationa | 0–13 | .89 | 12 | 3.4 (3.0) | 2.4 (3.4) | 17 | 4.5 (3.9) | 4.2 (3.7) | −.35 |
| Problem solving communicationa | 0–19 | .88 | 12 | 7.3 (4.4) | 5.2 (3.6) | 17 | 9.0 (5.8) | 8.7 (6.0) | −.50 |
| Individual functioning | |||||||||
| Cancer-related distress | 0–4 | .71 | 12 | 2.5 (0.5) | 2.4(0.6) | 17 | 2.6 (0.6) | 2.5 (0.6) | .11 |
| Self-efficacy | 10–100 | .97 | 12 | 66.4 (22.7) | 68.7 (19.8) | 16 | 62.6 (21.3) | 69.1 (19.2) | −.22 |
| PTGIb Total | 0–105 | .93 | 11 | 63.4 (21.6) | 62.6 (15.8) | 17 | 71.1 (16.9) | 71.6 (17.4) | .02 |
| PTGIb Relating to Others | 0–30 | .82 | 11 | 19.3 (5.8) | 19.4 (5.5) | 17 | 20.6 (5.0) | 21.3 (4.8) | −.06 |
| PTGIb New Possibilities | 0–25 | .70 | 11 | 12.3 (5.3) | 10.8 (4.1) | 17 | 14.5 (4.9) | 14.9 (4.9) | −.37 |
| PTGIb Personal Strength | 0–20 | .74 | 11 | 12.2 (5.5) | 13.3 (3.7) | 16 | 13.2 (3.8) | 12.9 (4.1) | .36 |
| PTGIb Spiritual Change | 0–10 | .90 | 11 | 5.2 (3.8) | 5.4 (4.4) | 17 | 6.8 (2.8) | 7.1 (3.0) | .03 |
| PTGIb Appreciation of Life | 0–15 | .84 | 11 | 11.2 (2.8) | 10.7 (3.8) | 14 | 12.5 (2.6) | 11.8 (2.7) | .02 |
Notes:
a
For Affective communication and Problem solving communication, lower scores are indicative of more effective communication.
b
PTGI=post-traumatic growth inventory.