Table 2.

Mean Performance on Outcome Measures, by Group and Pre/Post Status

Group	KCANa			ECb			PTb			IRI-1b			IRI-2b
	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n
Intervention-Pre	.53	0.09	41	4.08	0.68	41	4.00	0.71	41	.	.	.	.	.	.
Intervention-Post	.73*	0.13	41	4.14	0.71	38	4.21	0.64	38	4.37†	0.48	37	4.12*	0.59	37
Comparison-Pre	.55	0.11	51	3.76	0.62	51	3.87	0.60	51	.	.	.	.	.	.
Comparison-Post	.62	0.13	51	3.87	0.63	51	3.96	0.61	51	4.13	0.60	51	3.82	0.62	51

Note. KCAN = Knowledge Scale, Child Abuse and Neglect; EC = adapted Empathic Concern subscale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) (Davis, 1980); PT = adapted Perspective Taking subscale of the IRI; IRI-1 = Interpersonal Reactivity Index, EC subscale; IRI-2 = Interpersonal Reactivity Index, PT subscale. Unless otherwise noted, unadjusted means are reported throughout the table.

The two original subscales of the IRI were administered at posttest only.

^*Differences between groups (intervention and comparison) are significant at p .05.

^†Differences between groups (intervention and comparison) approached significance at p ≤ .05.

^aParent Knowledge scores are reported as the percentage of items correct out of 20 questions. Because results were analyzed using an Analysis of Covariance, adjusted means are reported.

^bScores on the EC, PT, IRI-1, and IRI-2 scales are reported as the average rating of seven items on a scale from 1 (does not describe me at all) to 5 (describes me very well) with higher scores indicating higher levels of empathic concern (EC and IRI-1) or cognitively taking the perspective of another (PT and IRI-2).