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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Early Educ Dev. 2010 Jan 1;21(1):125–156. doi: 10.1080/10409280902783517

TABLE 3.

Means (SD) for Social–Emotional Competencies and Behavioral Concerns Over Time Across Experimental and Control Conditions

Condition Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Time 4
Interpersonal competence
DECA Initiativea
 Experimental 48.48 (10.28) 55.49 (9.02) 59.35 (9.39) 62.41 (8.74)
 Control 50.15 (9.35) 55.55 (9.21) 58.39 (8.49) 60.24 (10)
DECA Attachmenta
 Experimental 50.3 (9.48) 54.85 (9.92) 57.29 (9.36) 60.03 (9.11)
 Control 52.24 (10.65) 55.99 (11.71) 54.09 (10.18) 57.27 (11.6)
SCBE Anxiety–Withdrawalb
 Experimental 2.09 (0.84) 1.75 (0.66) 1.74 (0.56) 1.6 (0.54)
 Control 1.94 (0.68) 1.92 (0.75) 1.87 (0.65) 1.79 (0.76)
SCBE Social Competenceb
 Experimental 3.51 (0.94) 4.06 (0.92) 4.35 (0.83) 4.73 (0.8)
 Control 3.59 (0.92) 4.14 (0.95) 4.34 (0.98) 4.63 (1.03)

Behavioral concerns
DECA Self-Controla
 Experimental 51.28 (10.59) 55.08 (9.92) 57.49 (9.3) 60.13 (8.77)
 Control 51.41 (10.58) 54.66 (11.22) 56.84 (10.53) 58.84 (10.24)
DECA Behavioral Concernsa
 Experimental 49.81 (9.22) 47.4 (9.47) 46.74 (9.73) 45.64 (9.82)
 Control 50.63 (9.03) 48.93 (9.18) 47.28 (9.31) 45.55 (10.09)
SCBE Anger–Aggressionb
 Experimental 1.98 (0.86) 1.82 (0.81) 1.83 (0.72) 1.68 (0.65)
 Control 1.99 (0.92) 1.98 (0.84) 1.81 (0.74) 1.65 (0.61)

Note. DECA = Devereux Early Childhood Assessment; SCBE = Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation.

a

T scores with M = 50, SD = 10.

b

Raw scores on a scale of 1 (low) to 6 (high).