Development and evaluation of the Good Grief program for young people bereaved by familial cancer

BMC Palliative Care

Table 5 Median scores at T0, T2; BCNI subscale Wilcoxon Signed Rank Tests z-values, effect sizes (r)

Subscale	n	Median		z	r
		T0	T2
Help and Information About Grief	64	14.00	12.00	−3.38***	−0.30
Time-Out from Grief	64	17.50	15.00	−2.86**	−0.25
Planning for The Future	64	16.00	14.00	−3.35***	−0.30
Support from Friends	64	17.00	15.50	−2.57*	−0.23
Talking to Others with Similar Experiences	64	15.00^a	15.00a	−2.26*	−0.20
Dealing with Feelings	65	39.00	36.00	−3.13**	−0.27
Family Connectedness	65	29.00	26.00	−1.94	−0.17

^aIt should be noted that despite the T0 and T2 medians being equal for this subscale, the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was significant. This is likely because this test is not calculated using the median, but rather is based on the sums of positive and negative ranks. For further clarity as to the direction of the reported change from T0 to T2, the means and standard deviations, and mean positive and negative ranks for this subscale are as follows – T0: M = 14.93, SD = 3.77; T2: M = 13.94, SD = 3.92; M_{positive rank} = 24.26; M_{negative rank} = 28.53
* < .05, ** < .01, *** < .001

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