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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 16.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2010 Nov 2;59(5):572–586. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00624.x

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for Treatment Condition Pretest and Follow-up Outcome Measures with Paired T-test Results.

Domain - Outcome Pretest Follow-up Test Statistics

Mean SD Mean SD T-value p-value Cohen’s d
Parenting domain
 Lax parenting 3.70 0.71 3.86 0.69 −2.84 .005 .24
 Overreactive 3.40 0.69 3.70 0.70 −5.65 <.001 .48
 Attitudes and beliefs 5.00 0.58 5.12 0.70 −2.18 .031 .18
 Self-efficacy 3.77 0.78 4.00 0.72 −3.72 <.001 .31
 Intentions 3.88 0.92 4.50 1.00 −7.50 <.001 .63
Family domain
 Stepfamily adjustment 2.62 0.76 2.36 0.68 4.78 <.001 .40
 Life satisfaction 4.91 1.03 5.29 0.90 −4.93 <.001 .42
 Stepfamily harmony 3.89 0.99 4.38 0.92 −6.70 <.001 .57
 Child conflict 2.80 0.65 2.44 0.67 6.76 <.001 .57
Couple domain
 Intentions 4.38 1.04 4.81 1.07 −4.51 <.001 .38
 Self-efficacy 4.29 1.19 4.85 1.10 −5.91 <.001 .50
 Marital quality 5.54 1.17 5.75 1.16 −2.56 .012 .22
 Positive marital quality 4.49 0.64 4.49 0.67 0.04 .971 <.01
 Spousal difficulties 2.47 0.88 2.20 0.93 3.42 .001 .29
 Negative marital quality 2.48 0.92 2.34 0.94 1.78 .077 .15

Note. SD = Standard Deviation. Significant effects are shown as bolded text after applying a Bonferroni correction to alpha within each of the three domains (critical p-values for parenting, family, and couple domains were .010, .013, and .008, respectively).