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. 2016 Sep 13;11(9):e0159845. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159845

Table 3. Effects of participating in PCIT versus TAU on child outcomes as an overall change from 0 to 18 months (growth curve analyses) and the prediction of outcomes at the 6- and 18-month assessments (linear regression).

B [95% CI] β p-value Cohen’s d
Overall change from 0 to 18 months
ECBI Intensity—Mother -10.12 [-22.13; 1.40] -.31 .043 .64
ECBI Intensity—Father -8.55 [-19.83; 2.26] -.37 .062 .79
CBCL Externalizing—Mother -3.08 [-6.48; 0.64] -.29 .044 .61
CBCL Externalizing—Father -1.63 [-5.42; 2.00] -.22 .19 .44
Parental Do Skills 7.49 [5.02; 9.98] .79 < .001 2.58
Parental Don’t Skills -4.42 [-7.15; -1.67] -.59 .001 1.46
Child Non-Compliance -.79 [-2.62; 1.05] -.25 .20 .52
Change from 0 to 6 months
ECBI Intensity—Mother 10.87 [-3.77; 25.01] .18 .11 .37
ECBI Intensity—Father 12.06 [.08; 26.75] .27 .03 .56
CBCL Externalizing—Mother 4.29 [-.58; 10.06] .19 .06 .39
CBCL Externalizing—Father 3.00 [-.98; 7.41] .18 .095 .37
Parental Do Skills -11.24 [-7.23; -15.58] -.67 < .001 1.81
Parental Don’t Skills 9.61 [4.93; 14.04] .58 < .001 1.42
Child Non-Compliance .42 [-2.46; .98] .09 .27 .18
Change from 6 to 18 months
ECBI Intensity—Mother 17.00 [.15; 41.14] .25 .02 .52
ECBI Intensity—Father 11.97 [.89; 25.89] .19 .02 .39
CBCL Externalizing—Mother 5.46 [.98; 10.30] .21 .01 .43
CBCL Externalizing—Father 3.38 [-2.12; 8.41] .16 .11 .32
Parental Do Skills -10.65 [-6.78; -13.99] -.69 < .001 1.91
Parental Don’t Skills 5.64 [2.34; 9.68] .39 < .001 .85
Child Non-Compliance 1.16 [-1.30; 3.99] .11 .21 .22

Notes: PCIT = Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, TAU = treatment as usual; ECBI = Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist, CI = confidence interval. Intercepts are adjusted for in the growth curve analyses and initial values in the regression analyses.