Table 2.
Means and standard deviations of scores on victimisation and adjustment measures at pre-test and post-test for intervention and wait-list comparison group children in the high or low EL categories.
| Intervention group |
Comparison group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low EL (n = 11) |
High EL (n = 11) |
Low EL (n = 11) |
High EL (n = 12) |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Victimisation rating | Pre | 16.24 | (13.32) | 9.92 | (8.82) | 19.04 | (10.84) | 17.03 | (10.32) |
| Post | 10.16 | (9.01) | 8.48 | (6.27) | 11.76 | (10.84) | 10.70 | (11.67) | |
| Trait emotional intelligence | Pre | 3.04 | (0.28) | 3.58 | (0.36) | 3.12 | (0.28) | 3.48 | (0.43) |
| Post | 2.91 | (0.39) | 3.56 | (0.46) | 3.94 | (0.35) | 3.30 | (0.36) | |
| Adjustment – SDQ total difficulties | Pre | 23.91 | (4.87) | 17.00 | (4.71) | 21.91 | (5.03) | 18.33 | (4.64) |
| Post | 22.89 | (4.99) | 18.10 | (6.71) | 19.56 | (6.95) | 19.36 | (5.97) | |
| Adjustment – SDQ pro-social behaviour | Pre | 6.18 | (2.56) | 7.73 | (1.19) | 4.55 | (2.59) | 6.83 | (3.30) |
| Post | 6.33 | (2.12) | 6.60 | (1.71) | 5.67 | (3.12) | 6.55 | (2.91) | |