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Table 4 Exploratory outcomes

From: Indoor rock climbing (bouldering) as a new treatment for depression: study design of a waitlist-controlled randomized group pilot study and the first results

 

Intervention group (n = 22)

Waitlist group (n = 25)

T-Test for independent samples

U-Test

Cohen’s d

Scale

∆M (SD)

∆M (SD)

t

p

U, z

p

 

Depression

       

 BDI-II (primary hypothesis)

−6.27(5.64)

−1.40 (6.94)

t(45) = 2.62

.012*

U = 156.50, z = -2.53

.011*

0.77

 Depression (SCL-90-R)

−4.55 (4.38)

−1.96 (4.06)

t(45) = 2.10

.041*

U = 177.00, z = -2.10

.036*

0.62

Anxiety

       

 Phobic anxiety (SCL-90-R)

−2.77 (6.03)

−1.52 (9.13)

t(45) = 0.55

.587

U = 251.00, z = -0.52

.606

0.16

 Anxietya (SCL-90-R)

−5.09 (8.23)

−1.28 (6.48)

t(45) = 1.77

.083

U = 182.50, z = -1.98

.048*

0.52

Social competence

       

 Interpersonal sensitivity (SCL-90-R)

−5.23 (7.07)

−1.76 (4.63)

t(45) = 2.01

.050

U = 191.00, z = -1.80

.071

0.59

 Social supporta (FERUS)

0.95 (8.85)

2.20 (5.13)

t(45) = 0.60

.552

U = 236.50, z = -0.83

.409

0.18

Self-management

       

 Active and passive coping (FERUS)

6.32 (8.49)

0.60 (5.39)

t(34.74) = -2.71

.010*

U = 163.50, z = -2.39

.017*

0.82

 Self-efficacy (FERUS)

3.72 (6.96)

−0.20 (5.58)

t(45) = -2.15

.037*

U = 171.50, z = -1.24

.025*

0.63

 Self-verbalisation (FERUS)

3.91 (6.16)

0.80 (6.06)

t(45) = -1.74

.089

U = 195.50, z = -1.71

.088

0.51

Concentration

       

 Concentrationa (d2-R)

2.09 (6.02)

1.12 (10.01)

t(45) = -0.40

.694

U = 271.00, z = -0.09

.932

0.12

Further outcomes

       

 Obsessive-compulsivea (SCL-90-R)

−4.77 (4.80)

−1.80 (3.25)

t(36.23) = 2.45

.019*

U = 175.00, z = -2.16

.031*

0.73

  1. Comparison of differences between t0 and t1. Negative values on the SCL-90-R indicate improvements in symptoms, positive values on the FERUS and d2 indicate improvements in abilities
  2. adeviations from a normal distribution (Shapiro-Wilk Test)
  3. *p-values < .05