Table 6.
Multivariate Analysis of Variance to Identify Pre–Post Changes by Group
Construct | Waitlist Control Group | Intervention Group | Analysis of Variance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline M (SD) | Posttest M (SD) | Baseline M (SD) | Posttest M (SD) | F | p | ||
Child Care Ecology Checklist | |||||||
Group | 0.08 | .78 | |||||
Organized Environment | 1.70 (.70) | 1.71 (.65) | 1.68 (.73) | 1.83 (.80) | Time | 0.56 | .46 |
G X T | 0.43 | .52 | |||||
Group | 0.77 | .38 | |||||
Enriched Environment | 2.05 (.65) | 2.14 (.63) | 2.12 (.72) | 2.33 (.56) | Time | 2.66 | .11 |
G X T | 0.41 | .53 | |||||
Group | 0.17 | .69 | |||||
Planfulness | 2.25 (.48) | 2.08 (.57) | 2.10 (.72) | 2.12 (.67) | Time | 0.63 | .43 |
G X T | 0.85 | .36 | |||||
Group | 0.04 | .85 | |||||
Monitoring | 2.30 (.41) | 1.96 (.56) | 2.14 (.53) | 2.08 (.62) | Time | 6.11* | .02 |
G X T | 3.06 | .09 | |||||
Caregiver Report | |||||||
Group | 1.81 | .18 | |||||
Enriched Environment | 2.11 (1.02) | 2.25 (1.07) | 2.30 (.81) | 2.72 (1.05) | Time | 6.98* | .01 |
G X T | 1.73 | .19 | |||||
Group | 0.75 | .39 | |||||
Planfulness | 3.58 (1.59) | 3.77 (1.42) | 3.85 (.91) | 4.03 (.78) | Time | 1.71 | .20 |
G X T | 0.01 | .95 | |||||
Group | 0.17 | .68 | |||||
Proactive Behavior Management | 6.01 (.81) | 6.23 (.47) | 6.32 (.43) | 6.04 (.84) | Time | 0.10 | .75 |
G X T | 5.31* | .03 | |||||
Group | 0.15 | .70 | |||||
Children’s Problem Behavior | 3.40 (1.35) | 3.42 (1.61) | 3.48 (1.37) | 3.07 (1.48) | Time | 0.94 | .34 |
G X T | 1.09 | .30 |
Note. G X T = group-by-time interaction.
p < .05.