Research Article

Can Written Disclosure Reduce Psychological Distress and Increase Objectively Measured Injury Mobility of Student-Athletes? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Baseline background information and pre- and postintervention results on outcomes per study group.

VariableGDPControl
MeanSDMeanSD

Age21.23.021.92.9
Adherence87.222.385.730.4
AIMS39.05.335.05.3*
Mood—a—baseline/preintervention27.83.626.34.9
Mood—a—writing day 123.54.521.25.8
Mood—a—writing day 224.34.022.55.9
Mood—a—writing day 323.34.221.85.9
Mood—a—time 4/postintervention26.85.028.46.1
Mood—b—baseline/preintervention28.14.126.54.5
Mood—b—writing day 124.04.223.25.4
Mood—b—writing day 225.74.823.44.7
Mood—b—writing day 324.74.923.45.2
Mood—b—time 4/postintervention26.05.925.95.4
Depression—baseline9.24.58.84.7
Depression—post 9.35.87.73.7
RAI-R—baseline16.87.513.78.7
RAI-R—post16.97.613.29.8
RAI-RE—baseline25.48.418.89.0*
RAI-RE—post24.58.818.08.6
Mobility—baseline/preintervention27.711.833.316.4
Mobility—writing day 13.82.51.81.4
Mobility—writing day 25.42.12.51.3
Mobility—writing day 38.43.33.21.5
Mobility—time 4/postintervention9.74.43.61.5

Note: * ; ** .
GDP: Guided Disclosure Protocol. AIMS: athletic identity measurement scale; RAI-R: reinjury anxiety in rehabilitation; RAI-RE: reinjury anxiety reentry into competition; Mood—a: positive emotion; Mood—b: negative emotion.