Table 2.
Comparison of children’s friendship training (CFT) to delayed treatment control (DTC)
| T1 | T2 | p* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFT | DTC | CFT | DTC | ||
| Variables | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| n = 33 | n = 35 | n = 33 | n = 35 | ||
| Child measures | |||||
| Lonelinessa | 34.3 (12.3) | 37.8 (14.3) | 31.4 (8.5) | 38.9 (13.3) | <.025 |
| Popularity | 7.2 (3.0) | 6.8 (3.0) | 8.0 (2.8) | 6.4 (2.9) | <.025 |
| n | 35 | 33 | 35 | 33 | |
| Parent measures | |||||
| QPQ | |||||
| Host | 2.4 (2.2) | 1.8 (2.3) | 3.7 (1.7) | 1.4 (2.0) | <.0001 |
| Guest | 1.3 (1.6) | 1.1 (2.0 | 2.0 (2.5) | 1.2 (1.5) | ns |
| Conflictb | 4.8 (4.2) | 5.1 (5.2) | 1.9 (2.8) | 3.3 (3.2) | =.069 |
| Engageb | 4.2 (2.2) | 4.3 (2.1) | 4.7 (2.2) | 4.3 (1.7) | ns |
| Disengageb | 5.2 (2.5) | 5.2 (2.2) | 2.3 (1.7) | 4.8 (2.1) | <.0001 |
| n | 35 | 29 | 35 | 29 | |
| SSRS | |||||
| Assertion | 9.5 (2.8) | 9.4 (3.4) | 11.8 (3.2) | 10.5 (3.2) | =.054 |
| Self-control | 10.2 (3.4) | 9.0 (3.9) | 12.2 (2.9) | 10.1 (3.7) | <.05 |
| Externalizing | 4.5 (2.6) | 5.4 (2.3) | 3.8 (2.1) | 5.2 (2.3) | =.062 |
| Internalizing | 7.0 (1.7) | 7.2 (3.2) | 6.4 (2.1) | 7.3 (2.5) | =.058 |
| n | 35 | 33 | 35 | 33 | |
| Teacher measures | |||||
| PEI | |||||
| Withdrawal | 4.0 (2.1) | 3.8 (2.1) | 3.6 (2.4) | 3.7 (2.1) | ns |
| Aggression | 1.3 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.8) | 1.0 (1.3) | 1.4 (2.0) | ns |
| n | 31 | 28 | 31 | 28 | |
aN’s were 32 for DTC group
bN’s were 27 for DTC group
* p-values are for a group difference at time T2 after adjusting for T1 values