Depression Research and Treatment

Research Article

The Effect of Interpersonal Counseling for Subthreshold Depression in Undergraduates: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Outcomes by counseling group.
Outcome measuresIPCCAUIPC versus CAU
SDS total score   
  Precounseling.607
  Postcounseling.607
  Pre-post change.029
CISS score   
 Task-oriented coping score   
  Precounseling.447
  Postcounseling.429
  Pre-post change.065
 Emotion-oriented coping score   
  Precounseling.914
  Postcounseling.946
  Pre-post change.800
 Avoidance-oriented coping score   
  Precounseling.321
  Postcounseling.601
  Pre-post change.447
Note. IPC: interpersonal counseling; CAU: counseling as usual; SDS: Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale; CISS: Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations. Variables are expressed as deviation.   values are derived from Mann–Whitney test for SDS total score at pre- and postcounseling and for task-oriented coping score at postcounseling, while for all other scores values are derived from -tests. Pre-post change within IPC group:  .05 derived from Wilcoxon signed-rank test.