Table 4.

Means and standard deviations of baseline and 8-month follow-up on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, Caregiver Strain Questionnaire, Family Empowerment Scale (Family subscale), and Consistent Discipline measures

Measure	ASD (n = 18)		Non-ASD (n = 15)
	Baseline	FU	Baseline	FU
Eyberg child behavior inventory (ECBI) intensity scale
M	153.5	131.9	153.5	130.4
SD	(32.2)	(34.4)	(45.1)	(39.5)
Caregiver strain questionnaire (CGSQ)
M	2.7	2.2	2.9	2.3
SD	(0.8)	(0.6)	(0.9)	(0.8)
Family empowerment scale (family)a
M	44.2	47.4	46.1	47.9
SD	(6.0)	(4.7)	(7.4)	(6.4)
Consistent discipline
M	14.0	13.8	14.8	13.4
SD	(4.5)	(5.0)	(4.9)	(3.7)

^a N = 17 for the ASD group and N = 14 for the Non-ASD group