Effect of Expressive Disclosure Writing (EDW) on outcome variables

Table 4: Effect of Expressive Disclosure Writing (EDW) on outcome variables.

	EDW group (N = 22)	Control group (N = 23)
	T2-T1M (SD)	T2-T1M (SD)	SE	t	df	p	Cohen's d	95% CI
Scores of SSAD
Public stigma perception	0.1 (7.0)	-1.3 (8.1)	2.25	-0.622	42.6	0.26	0.18	-5.93 to 3.14
Agreeing to Public stigma	-1.9 (7.2)	-1.8 (11.6)	2.85	0.013	36.96	0.49	-0.01	-5.74 to 5.82
Applying stigma to oneself	-2.0 (7.5)	4.6 (13.5)	3.23	2.044	34.71	0.02^*	-0.6	0.04 to 13.17
Self-concept	1.5 (10.6)	5.9 (9.9)	3.06	1.443	42.41	0.08	-0.42	-1.76 to 10.59
Scores of DASS-21
Depression	0.68 (4.0)	2.5 (3.9)	1.18	1.524	42.69	0.07	-0.45	-0.58 to 4.17
Anxiety	2.5 (5.8)	2.7 (6.6)	1.85	0.154	42.63	0.44	-0.05	-3.45 to 4.02
Stress	0.8 (4.0)	1.6 (3.5)	1.12	0.745	41.95	0.23	-0.22	-1.43 to 3.19
Overall DASS-21 score	3.9 (10.4)	6.8 (11.4)	3.25	0.897	42.88	0.19	-0.27	-3.64 to 9.47

Note: EDW = Expressive Disclosure Writing; SSAD = Self Stigma of Alcohol Dependence scale; DASS-21 = Depression, Anxiety and Stress 21-items scale, T1 = Pretreatment, T2 = Posttreatment, T2-T1 = pre to posttreatment score difference,^*p < 0.05 (one-tailed).