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Table 5 Items in Ways of Coping (WOC-CV) questionnaire that underwent significant changes over time from Time1 to Time3

From: The effectiveness of a men-only supportive expressive group therapy intervention for psychosocial health outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer patients: a 6-month longitudinal study

Item #

Subscale

Item

Changes in time points (Sig. change at p < 0.05)

20

Seek and use social support

Let my feelings out somehow

T1 < T2 (p = 0.03); and T2 < T3 (p = 0.04)

49

Seek and use social support

Tried to find out as much as I could

T2 < T3 (p = 0.02)

30

Distancing

Didn't let it get to me; refused to think about it

T1 < T2 (p = 0.01); and T1 < T3 (p = 0.04)

40

Distancing

Tried to keep my feelings from interfering

T1 < T3 (p = 0.02)

50

Distancing

Treated the illness as a challenge

T1 < T2 (p = 0.03); and T2 < T3 (p = 0.04)

44

Cognitive Escape Avoidance

Prayed

T1 < T3 (p = 0.04)

47

Focusing on positive

Thought of how a person I admire would act

T1 < T3 (p = 0.02)

  1. *T1 = baseline; T2 = 3 months and T3 = 6 months