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

Table 6 Results of piecewise linear growth models for parent-rated outcome measures (N = 54, after excluding children who started stimulant medication during the treatment period)

		Intercept	β ₁₀	β ₂₀	β ₃₀	β ₁₀ vs. β ₂₀
		Intercept	(waiting period)	(treatment period)	(follow-up period)	(contrast)
Child behaviour
	CBCL Total scale	57.45***	−2.86	−12.97***	0.02	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀**
	CBCL Externalizing	23.76***	−0.92	−5.62***	0.07	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀**
	CBCL Internalizing	12.84***	−0.79	−2.92***	0.07	β ₁₀ = β ₂₀
	ADHD rating scale	1.41***	−0.003	−0.31***	−0.03	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀*
	ODD rating scale	1.31***	0.02	−0.32***	−0.06	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀**
	IPL	2.57***	−0.52***	−0.74***	−0.07	β ₁₀ = β ₂₀
Parenting, parental strains and parental mental health
	PPS	1.93***	−0.08	0.23***	−0.05	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀***
	SEFS	1.78***	0.02	0.21***	0.08	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀*
	PSBC	2.92***	−0.01	0.25***	0.13*	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀**
	QJPS	1.25***	−0.09	−0.40***	−0.03	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀**
	DASS	1.89***	0.05	−0.44***	0.04	β ₁₀ < β ₂₀***

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
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p > .001

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