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Table 3 Parenting behaviours: Pre- and post-course means ( SDs ) and effect sizes of improvements for Wave 1 and for Waves 2 and 3 combined

From: Evaluation of the national roll-out of parenting programmes across England: the parenting early intervention programme (PEIP)

 

Wave 1

Waves 2 and 3

 

N

Precourse

Postcourse

Effect

N

Precourse

Postcourse

Effect

(aMean, SD)

(aMean, SD)

size

(aMean, SD)

(aMean, SD)

size

Mental well-being

1071

43.5

50.6

0.71

3160

43.5

51.6

0.79

  

(10.4)

(9.8)

  

(10.8)

(9.5)

 

Parenting laxness

1040

22.0

17.4

- 0.71

3125

21.3

16.5

- 0.72

  

(6.6)

(6.3)

  

(7.2)

(6.5)

 

Parenting over-reactivity

1032

22.5

17.4

- 0.83

3140

22.5

16.9

- 0.85

  

(6.4)

(6.2)

  

(6.9)

(6.4)

 

Parenting total score

1030

47.4

37.1

- 0.91

3093

46.6

35.7

- 0.91

  

(11.1)

(11.6)

  

(12.1)

(11.9)

 
  1. Note. Effect sizes are Cohen’s d.
  2. a The median is reported for mental well-being.
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