Table 2.
Means and standard deviations recorded for the scales before and after deep pressure sessions.
| Participant (number of sessions) | Scale | Before session mean (SD) | After session mean (SD) | Z value of Tau-U statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison (130) | Calmnessa | 7.84 (2.40) | 8.99 (1.59) | 6.95∗∗ |
| Engageda | 7.73 (2.37) | 8.87 (1.54) | 7.05∗∗ | |
| Responsivitya | 8.17 (4.74) | 8.88 (1.56) | 6.66∗∗ | |
| Happy | 7.26 (2.83) | 8.78 (1.62) | 5.80∗∗ | |
| Communicativea | 7.94 (2.10) | 8.87 (1.59) | 7.49∗∗ | |
| Brian (45) | Calmness | 5.74 (2.51) | 7.20 (2.16) | 2.96∗ |
| Engaged | 4.66 (2.40) | 6.59 (2.32) | 3.65∗ | |
| Responsivity | 4.74 (2.43) | 6.39 (2.50) | 3.28∗∗ | |
| Happy | 4.92 (2.68) | 6.91 (2.19) | 3.66∗∗ | |
| Communicative | 5.64 (1.64) | 6.78 (1.93) | 3.30∗ | |
| Carl (40) | Calmness | 7.35 (2.65) | 8.84 (1.12) | 3.55∗ |
| Engageda | 6.78 (2.58) | 8.51 (1.49) | 3.55∗∗∗ | |
| Responsivitya | 6.93 (2.56) | 8.66 (1.35) | 3.72∗∗∗ | |
| Happya | 6.85 (2.83) | 8.67 (1.31) | 3.71∗∗∗ | |
| Communicativea | 5.92 (2.87) | 8.08 (2.19) | 3.54∗∗∗ | |
| David (17) | Calmness | 5.89 (2.49) | 8.48 (1.08) | 3.29∗∗ |
| Engaged | 5.52 (2.58) | 8.03 (1.57) | 2.81∗ | |
| Responsivity | 5.87 (2.44) | 8.24 (1.20) | 2.91∗ | |
| Happy | 6.15 (2.59) | 8.19 (1.53) | 2.50 | |
| Communicative | 6.22 (2.96) | 8.06 (1.78) | 1.66 | |
| Eric (49) | Calmness | 4.68 (2.78) | 7.69 (2.04) | 4.98∗∗ |
| Engaged | 4.65 (2.61) | 7.27 (2.15) | 5.94∗∗ | |
| Responsivity | 5.29 (2.37) | 7.65 (2.08) | 5.32∗∗ | |
| Happya | 5.69 (2.61) | 8.02 (1.86) | 3.50∗∗ | |
| Communicative | 5.06 (2.35) | 7.55 (1.98) | 5.01∗∗ | |
| Fenella (17) | Calmness | 5.71 (2.35) | 5.99 (2.40) | 0.29 |
| Engaged | 4.49 (2.60) | 4.90 (2.60) | −0.03 | |
| Responsivity | 4.99 (2.36) | 4.99 (2.64) | −0.21 | |
| Happy | 5.30 (3.01) | 5.19 (2.75) | 0.26 | |
| Communicative | 4.71 (2.76) | 4.85 (2.53) | −0.59 | |
| Graham (39) | Calmness | 7.51 (1.91) | 8.66 (1.10) | 3.33∗∗ |
| Engageda | 7.04 (2.41) | 8.24 (2.18) | 2.20 | |
| Responsivitya | 7.32 (2.35) | 8.31 (1.85) | 1.69 | |
| Happy | 8.12 (1.86) | 9.04 (0.94) | 2.56 | |
| Communicative | 7.58 (2.14) | 8.66 (1.16) | 2.85∗∗ | |
| Herbert (48) | Calmness | 5.83 (1.91) | 6.83 (1.92) | 0.11 |
| Engaged | 4.61 (2.13) | 6.33 (2.08) | 0.12 | |
| Responsivity | 5.39 (1.97) | 6.40 (1.95) | 0.12 | |
| Happy | 5.84 (2.13) | 6.82 (1.89) | 0.11 | |
| Communicative | 4.89 (2.07) | 5.90 (2.20) | 0.12 |
Notes. aCorrected baseline Tau-U statistic used; ∗p < 0.01; ∗∗p < 0.001; ∗∗∗p < 0.0005. Significance figures corrected for multiple imputation per participant using the Bonferroni correction, that is, (0.05/5 = 0.01) used as the highest level of significance reported.