International Scholarly Research Notices / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / 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.
Variable GDP Control Mean SD Mean SD Age 21.2 3.0 21.9 2.9 Adherence 87.2 22.3 85.7 30.4 AIMS 39.0 5.3 35.0 5.3* Mood—a—baseline/preintervention 27.8 3.6 26.3 4.9 Mood—a—writing day 1 23.5 4.5 21.2 5.8 Mood—a—writing day 2 24.3 4.0 22.5 5.9 Mood—a—writing day 3 23.3 4.2 21.8 5.9 Mood—a—time 4/postintervention 26.8 5.0 28.4 6.1 Mood—b—baseline/preintervention 28.1 4.1 26.5 4.5 Mood—b—writing day 1 24.0 4.2 23.2 5.4 Mood—b—writing day 2 25.7 4.8 23.4 4.7 Mood—b—writing day 3 24.7 4.9 23.4 5.2 Mood—b—time 4/postintervention 26.0 5.9 25.9 5.4 Depression—baseline 9.2 4.5 8.8 4.7 Depression—post
9.3 5.8 7.7 3.7 RAI-R—baseline 16.8 7.5 13.7 8.7 RAI-R—post 16.9 7.6 13.2 9.8 RAI-RE—baseline 25.4 8.4 18.8 9.0* RAI-RE—post 24.5 8.8 18.0 8.6 Mobility—baseline/preintervention 27.7 11.8 33.3 16.4 Mobility—writing day 1 3.8 2.5 1.8 1.4 Mobility—writing day 2 5.4 2.1 2.5 1.3 Mobility—writing day 3 8.4 3.3 3.2 1.5 Mobility—time 4/postintervention 9.7 4.4 3.6 1.5
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. 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.