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Table 8 Means (standard deviations) and comparisons between gender for all potential predictor variables for Partners of People with Cancer (PPWC)

From: Feeling well and talking about sex: psycho-social predictors of sexual functioning after cancer

 

Women

Men

    

Variable

M (SD)

M (SD)

t(655)

p

95% CI

η2

SF12-Physical component summary

51.05 (9.12)

51.28 (8.24)

-0.16

.873

[-3.13, 2.66]

.000

SF12-Mental component summary

45.55 (12.01)

48.32 (12.01)

-1.38

.169

[-6.74, -1.19]

.013

HADS-Anxiety

11.10 (2.49)

11.59 (2.93)

-1.10

.275

[-1.39, 0.40]

.008

HADS-Depression

8.80 (2.02)

8.78 (2.35)

0.06

.956

[-0.73, 0.74]

.000

Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS)

28.33 (3.91)

29.29 (3.46)

-1.52

.130

[-2.21, 0.29]

.016

Dyadic Sexual Communication (DSCS)

46.43 (13.04)

48.65 (10.20)

-1.10

.275

[-6.22, 1.78]

.008

Silencing the Self Scale (STSS)

      

 Externalized self perception

17.76 (8.90)

14.97 (5.78)

2.13

.035

[0.20, 5.39]

.031

 Silencing the self

26.05 (8.13)

25.93 (9.54)

0.83

.934

[-2.79, 3.03]

.000

 Care as self sacrifice

28.71 (8.39)

30.15 (6.10)

-1.12

.267

[-3.99, 1.11]

.009

 Divided self

15.70 (6.49)

15.31 (6.61)

0.35

.724

[-1.80, 2.59]

.001