RQ2: Relation Between FCR and PD Over Time
PD, cancer recurrence and psychological distress
In line with the findings of the second order growth model, the results of the first order growth model indicate no significant change in FCR across time, for both the intervention (The results of these chi-square difference tests were confirmed by the model fit indices. Both AIC and BIC suggest a slightly better fit to the data for models 6 and 7 that constrained the correlations between FCR and PD to be equal at each time point. The CFI, TLI and RMSEA similarly indicated good fit for both models 6 and 7 to the data. In short, the model fit indices indicate that the relation between FCR and PD remains equal in both groups over time. The correlation between fear of cancer recurrence and psychological distress (a), the mean change in fear of cancer recurrence (b) and psychological distress (c) across time for both the intervention and the care as usual (CAU) group.