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. 2011 Jan 28;5:3. doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-5-3

Table 4.

Development of psychopathology from the beginning of therapy to one year after its end

Instrument Before therapy (t1) Four weeks after therapy (t2) One year after therapy (t3) Statistics (t1 to t3)
N Mean Value SD Mean Value SD Mean Value SD Wilcoxon-Test Effect size d
SCL-90 R Global Severity Index 11 0.93 0.38 0.57 0.21 0.44 0.33 p = 0.008** 1.30
Positive Symptom Total 11 44.4 12.9 36.3 10.4 27.1 16.5 p = 0.016* 1.08
Positive Symptom Distress Index 11 1.84 0.39 1.4 0.19 1.37 0.29 p = 0.013* 1.27
G1 Somatization 11 0.65 0.43 0.5 0.49 0.36 0.28 p = 0.028* 0.68
G2 Obsessive-Compulsive 11 0.99 0.55 0.6 0.38 0.6 0.4 p = 0.052 0.70
G3 Interpersonal Sensitivity 11 1.21 0.51 0.92 0.49 0.46 0.44 p = 0.011* 1.49
G4 Depression 11 1.63 0.6 0.79 0.47 0.48 0.4 p = 0.004** 2.14
G5 Anxiety 11 0.84 0.39 0.4 0.26 0.35 0.47 p = 0.014* 1.05
G6 Hostility 11 1.08 0.59 0.57 0.45 0.85 0.73 p = 0.563 0.24
G7 Phobic Anxiety 11 0.43 0.61 0.25 0.42 0.29 0.5 p = 0.572 0.23
G8 Paranoid Ideation 11 0.54 0.32 0.52 0.37 0.32 0.32 p = 0.233 0.58
G9 Psychoticism 11 0.42 0.4 0.3 0.21 0.18 0.22 p = 0.075 0.64
S10 Additional Items 11 9.42 5.04 5.88 2.85 4.91 3.65 p = 0.032* 1.01
YSR Global Score 11 71.5 11.3 45.5 22.6 41.8 19.2 p = 0.003** 1.82
Internalizing Behavior 11 26.8 5.3 15.9 8.1 14.6 9.3 p = 0.007** 1.54
Externalizing Behavior 11 19.7 8.4 15.2 9.5 14.5 7.4 p = 0.008** 0.57
Social Withdrawal 11 7.08 2.61 4.38 3.16 3.91 2.77 p = 0.016* 1.13
Somatic Complaints 11 4.0 2.63 2.63 2.13 3.09 2.94 p = 0.505 0.26
Anxious/Depressed 11 17.08 4.5 9.75 5.2 8.09 7.03 p = 0.008** 1.47
Social Problems 11 4.0 2.22 2.13 1.64 1.91 2.21 p = 0.058 0.86
Schizoid/Obsessive 11 3.0 2.34 1.5 1.51 0.91 1.45 p = 0.011* 1.04
Attention Problems 11 8.67 2.35 3.88 2.03 4.45 3.14 p = 0.005** 1.46
Delinquent Behaviors 11 6.42 3.26 5.0 2.62 4.55 2.07 p = 0.041* 0.54
Aggressive Behaviors 11 13.25 5.71 10.13 7.02 9.91 5.74 p = 0.014* 0.54
DIKJ Average Score Per Item 10 0.78 0.2 0.45 0.21 0.41 0.23 p = 0.022* 1.51

SD = Standard deviation; * = Significance (bilateral) ≤ 0.05; ** = Significance (bilateral) ≤ 0.01; SCL-90-R = Symptom Checklist 90 revised; YSR = Youth Self Report of the Child Behavior Checklist; DIKJ = Depression Inventory for Children and Adolescents