Anxiety
The multiple ANOVA (MANOVA) revealed that the
main effect of time was significant for differences in
state anxiety for both the usual care group and the
in te rv en ti on g ro up ( p = .005). Mean scores of state
anxiety for both groups combined was more pro-nou nced at pre i nterv entio n ( M=42.32) versus 1 -week
pos ttest (M=36. 91) and pr e inter venti on ( M=42.3 2)
versus 8-week posttest (M=34.50).
The MANOVA also revealed that the main effects
of ti me, g ro up, an d i nteraction we re not significant
( p = . 4 1 8 ) w hen comparing 1- versus 8-week posttest