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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Nurs. 2014 Mar 18;31(2):126–134. doi: 10.1177/1059840514526997

Table 2.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Differences Across Time and Group (N =53 Mother–Child Dyads).

Time 1
Time 3
F
Sig
Effect Size
Variable Control Intervention Control Intervention w/in groupa; b/w groupb w/in group; b/w group w/in group; b/w group
Child
 Com total 68.32 (7.9) 69.53 (9.5) 69.96 (7.9) 70.50 (7.8) 2.00; 1.05 .145; .353 .12; −.08
 Com PS 28.88 (5.6) 29.14 (6.5) 30.24 (5.8) 31.25 (6.0) 0.73; 3.25 .486; .048* .33; .13
 Com open 39.44 (6.0) 40.38 (6.5) 39.76 (6.7) 39.89 (5.5) 1.12; 0.73 .335; .477 −.08; −.14
 CHSC 124.39 (9.5) 122.31 (11.6) 129.22 (7.4) 130.56 (8.6) 13.58; 0.41 .000**; .249 .89; .36
 CDI 10.21 (4.8) 10.61 (6.9) 7.92 (7.0) 6.61 (5.1) 8.82; 0.81 .000**; .453 .67; .29
Mother
 Com total 79.55 (7.7) 72.27 (11.4) 81.04 (7.7) 73.41 (11.2) 0.48; 0.04 .619; .969 .12; −.04
 Com PS 35.12 (5.9) 32.13 (7.3) 36.16 (6.5) 33.94 (7.7) 4.25; 0.58 .019; .548 .26; .11
 Com open 44.43 (4.0) 40.14 (6.8) 43.20 (5.2) 39.86 (6.6) 1.12; 2.24 .335; .112 −.05; .17
 Fam conflict 17.36 (4.6) 19.18 (8.9) 17.00 (4.7) 16.93 (4.8) 2.67; 3.73 .078; .034* .36; .30
 PS com total 24.20 (4.1) 21.49 (5.5) 23.68 (3.9) 23.68 (4.1) 9.18; 2.78 .000**; .072 .50; .62
 PS com aff 13.00 (2.0) 12.05 (2.3) 12.44 (2.0) 12.11 (2.2) 1.93; .38 .155; .680 .03; −.24
 PS com inc 3.80 (2.6) 5.32 (3.5) 3.20 (2.2) 3.32 (2.5) 8.84; 1.72 .000**; .185 .74; .52

Note. CDI =Children’s Depression Inventory; CHSC =Child Health Self-Concept; Com Tot =Communication Total: Parent-Adolescent Communication Inventory (PACI); Com PS =Communication Problem Solving (PACI); Com Open =Communication Open (PACI); Com P =Communication Problem (PACI); Fam conflict =Family/Culture Conflict subscale of the Hispanic Stress Inventory (HSI); PS Com Total =Family Problem Solving Communication Total (FPSC); PS com aff =Problem-Solving Communication, Affirming (FPSC); PS com inc =Problem-Solving Communication, Incendiary (FPSC).

a

w/in group =intervention group comparisons between Times 1 and 3;

b

b/w group =comparisons between intervention and control groups at Time 3.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.