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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2015 Jan 11;18(3):507–521. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0490-z

Table 3.

Mental Health and Parenting Outcomes by completion status

M(SD) or %(n) t Sig M(SD) or %(n) t Sig

Mental Health Completers (n = 68) Non-Completers (n = 12)
Depression Diagnosis
  % before MP 58.8%(40) .011* 25.0%(3) ns
  % after MP 39.7%(27) 33.3%(4)
Depression Symptoms
  Before MP 87.1 (28.6) 3.5 .001** 80.0 (32.9) −0.5 ns
  After MP 75.0 (28.1) 83.0 (36.3)
PTSD Diagnosis
  % before MP 45.6% (31) .007** 41.7%( 5) ns
  % after MP 25.0% (17) 41.7% (5)
PTSD Symptoms
  Before MP 7.3 (4.9) 3.2 .002** 5.8 (5.5) −0.4 ns
  After MP 5.7 (4.3) 6.3 (5.6)

Parenting: Self-rating Completers (n = 63) Non-Completers (n = 12)

Caregiver Helplessness
  Before MP 11.1 (5.1) 2.1 0.45* 9.7 (5.6) 1.3 ns
  After MP 9.8 (4.6) 9.0 (4.6)

Parenting: Interview
Scales
Completers (n = 45) Non-Completers (n = 13)

Parenting Helplessness
  Before MP 3.2 (1.3) 2.4 .023* 2.5 (1.2) 0.0 ns
  After MP 2.7 (1.1) 2.5 (1.3)
Parenting Reflectivity
  Before MP 2.7 (1.0) −2.4 .021* 3.2 (0.7) 0.2 ns
  After MP 3.0 (1.1) 3.2 (1.1)
+

p < .1,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01

Note: ns = non-significant p-value; Completers and non-completers did not significantly differ on variables at baseline.