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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 20;175(11):1102–1110. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18030321

Table 4.

Post Assessment Parenting Characteristics in PCIT−ED and Wait List Subjects Completing the Post Assessment

Wait List (N=90)
PCIT−ED (N=96)
Wait List vs. PCIT−ED
Parenting Stress Index Mean SD Mean SD t p FDR p Partial η2 Cohen’s d
Distractibility/hyperactivity 27.72 7.54 21.16 6.34 7.04 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.21 0.79
Adaptability 29.60 6.20 25.29 5.77 6.52 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.19 0.90
Reinforces parent 11.09 4.27 9.41 3.36 3.46 0.0007 0.0014 0.06 0.39
Demandingness 26.79 7.28 21.71 6.77 5.48 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.14 0.70
Mood 18.51 3.63 14.48 4.03 7.83 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.25 1.02
Acceptability 13.61 2.47 11.35 2.93 5.01 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.12 0.53
Child domain 127.33 24.77 103.40 22.66 8.00 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.26 1.06
Competence 29.07 7.58 26.63 7.19 1.75 0.0822 0.1132 0.02 0.20
Isolation 14.38 5.19 12.84 4.39 2.52 0.0125 0.0229 0.03 0.30
Attachment 12.38 4.37 11.33 3.52 1.20 0.2333 0.2851 0.01 0.08
Health 11.64 3.78 10.77 3.85 0.74 0.4617 0.5227 0.00 0.00
Role restriction 18.46 6.14 17.96 5.35 0.57 0.5675 0.5675 0.00 0.08
Depression 20.73 6.67 19.08 5.94 1.75 0.0823 0.1132 0.02 0.20
Spouse 18.10 7.08 17.83 6.86 −0.68 0.4989 0.5227 0.00 0.13
Life stress 5.38 6.21 4.77 7.35 0.70 0.4823 0.5227 0.00 0.09
Parent domain 124.73 31.32 116.45 29.37 1.26 0.2076 0.2687 0.01 0.14
Total stress 252.07 49.19 219.84 47.23 5.04 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.12 0.70
Defensive responding 36.83 11.04 34.28 10.09 1.98 0.0488 0.0767 0.02 0.26
Wait List (N=91)
PCIT−ED (N=100)
Wait List vs. PCIT−ED
Parental Depression Mean SD Mean SD t p FDR p Partial η2 Cohen’s d

BDI−II score 8.87 8.98 6.14 7.17 2.36 0.0195 0.0330 0.03 0.24
Wait List (N=91)
PCIT−ED (N=100)
Wait List vs. PCIT−ED
Parental Depression Mean SD Mean SD t p FDR p Partial η2 Cohen’s d

Expressive encouragement 5.22 1.24 6.00 0.88 −6.22 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.17 0.81
Emotion−focused reactions 5.84 0.83 5.42 1.03 3.94 0.0001 0.0002 0.08 0.56
Minimization reactions 2.13 0.78 1.69 0.65 5.58 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.14 0.70

Cohen’s d is for the change from baseline to post; FDR = false discovery rate; Lower scores on the PSI represent more adapative behavior; Analyses covary for baseline characteristics, gender, and baseline externalizing disorder.