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Table 2 Means, standard deviations and effect sizes for parent-rated outcome measures

From: Parent–child inpatient treatment for children with behavioural and emotional disorders: a multilevel analysis of within-subjects effects

 

Baseline (T1)

Pre-treatment (T2)

Post-treatment (T3)

Follow-up (T4)

Effect size Cohen’s d a

 

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

n

Waiting period

Treatment period

Follow-up period

Child behaviour

           
 

CBCL Total scale

57.32 (25.09)

66

53.98 (24.89)

64

40.06 (24.34)

65

41.01 (25.18)

63

0.13

0.57

−0.04

 

CBCL Externalizing

24.05 (10.57)

66

22.69 (10.84)

64

19.53 (10.08)

65

16.88 (9.75)

63

0.13

0.59

−0.04

 

CBCL Internalizing

12.74 (7.37)

66

12.06 (6.82)

64

8.68 (6.85)

65

8.96 (7.10)

63

0.10

0.49

−0.04

 

ADHD rating scale

1.52 (0.76)

65

1.48 (0.78)

63

1.08 (0.64)

65

1.06 (0.65)

63

0.04

0.57

0.02

 

ODD rating scale

1.39 (0.78)

66

1.38 (0.74)

65

0.99 (0.62)

65

0.96 (0.55)

63

0.01

0.57

0.05

 

IPL

2.59 (0.41)

63

2.11 (0.73)

66

1.27 (0.58)

66

1.22 (0.60)

60

0.81

1.27

0.09

Parenting, parental strains, and parental mental health

           
 

PPS

1.93 (0.45)

66

1.85 (0.48)

65

2.08 (0.40)

66

2.00 (0.45)

63

−0.17b

0.50b

−0.17b

 

SEFS

1.78 (0.56)

66

1.78 (0.49)

64

2.01 (0.44)

66

2.07 (0.42)

63

0.00b

0.49b

0.13b

 

PSBC

2.90 (0.53)

66

2.90 (0.49)

64

3.11 (0.47)

66

3.27 (0.41)

63

0.01b

0.44b

0.35b

 

QJPS

1.30 (0.79)

66

1.28 (0.73)

64

0.82 (0.71)

65

0.77 (0.60)

63

0.03

0.65

0.07

 

DASS

1.90 (0.65)

65

2.02 (0.64)

65

1.54 (0.49)

66

1.59 (0.54)

60

−0.18

0.84

−0.08

  1. CBCL Child Behaviour Checklist, IPL Individual Problem Checklist, PPS Parent Practices Scale, SEFS Self-Efficacy Scale, PSBC Problem Setting and Behaviour Checklist, QJPS Questionnaire on Judging Parental Strains, DASS Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
  2. aEffect sizes were calculated using the formula: d = (M 1 – M 2 )/SD pooled
  3. bEffect sizes were recoded so that positive values indicate improvement