Table 3.

Comparison of the psychometric characteristics of the two groups after the intervention.

	Intervention Group Mean ± SD	Control group Mean ± SD	p-value*
SDQ score
Total	15.74 ± 6.00	14.35 ± 6.34	0.410
Emotional symptoms	2.51 ± 2.27	1.92 ± 1.70	0.387
Conduct problems	1.30 ± 1.61	0.82 ± 1.21	0.317
Hyperactivity score	3.30 ± 2.78	3.42 ± 3.24	0.878
Peer problem	2.96 ± 2.54	1.96 ± 1.55	0.225
Prosocial behaviour	6.14 ± 2.20	7.17 ± 2.31	0.096
PedsQL score
Physical functioning	75.81 ± 25.40	76.00 ± 18.90	0.654
Emotional functioning	68.88 ± 25.00	65.00 ± 24.50	0.314
Social functioning	73.15 ± 28.76	77.85 ± 16.75	0.986
School functioning	77.22 ± 25.12	74.46 ± 23.50	0.401
SiC score
Total	37.64 ± 5.29	42.26 ± 8.06	0.019
Lack of well-being	11.28 ± 3.57	13.53 ± 4.05	0.037
Distress	14.52 ± 2.51	16.11 ± 2.42	0.050
Lack of social support	11.24 ± 2.31	12.75 ± 2.68	0.034

SDQ: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, PedsQL: Pediatric Quality of Life, SiC: Stress in Children

^*Difference of means tested with Student’s t-test and non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test (applied in mean SDQ emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problem scores, in all PedsQL scores and in SiC distress sub-score). Statistical significance at p<0.05.