Anxiety, Automatic Negative Thoughts, and Unconditional Self-Acceptance in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Differences between psychological and somatic anxiety, automatic negative thoughts, and unconditional self-acceptance.

Variables	Participants	Mean rank	Mann-Whitney U	Z	p
Psychological anxiety	Sample with RA	34.28	93.000	−4.277	.000
	Sample without RA	16.72
Somatic anxiety	Sample with RA	35.14	71.500	−4.692	.000
	Sample without RA	15.86
Automatic negative thoughts	Sample with RA	29.88	203.000	−2.128	.033
	Sample without RA	21.12
Unconditional self-acceptance	Sample with RA	19.50	162.500	−2.913	.004
	Sample without RA	31.50

Note: N = 50 (25 participants with RA and 25 participants without RA).