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Table 2 Primary and secondary outcomes pre- and post- intervention by intervention group

From: Promoting proactive bystander responses to racism and racial discrimination in primary schools: a mixed methods evaluation of the ‘Speak Out Against Racism’ program pilot

Outcomea

Comparison

Intervention

B coefficient (95% CI) for interaction between intervention and time

P value

Pre (n = 252)

mean (SD)

Post (n = 252)

mean (SD)

Pre (n = 393) mean (SD)

Post (n = 393)

mean (SD)

Primary outcomes

 Bystander responses

  Assistant (2–10)

2.3 (1.2)

2.3 (0.8)

2.5 (1.4)

2.4 (1.1)

− 0.04 (− 0.34, 0.26)

0.8

  Defender (7–35)

24.6 (8.1)

23.6 (8.3)

26.4 (7.2)

26.1 (7.4)

0.41 (−1.12, 1.94)

0.6

  Outsider (2–10)

4.2 (2.0)

4.3 (1.9)

4.0 (2.1)

4.2 (2.0)

0.09 (− 0.35, 0.53)

0.69

 Prosocial norms and self-efficacy

  Prosocial norms (2–20)

17.6 (4.4)

17.1 (4.3)

18.3 (4.4)

17.9 (4.4)

0.3 (−0.53, 1.14)

0.47

  Self-efficacy to intervene (4–20)

15.9 (3.3)

15.6 (3.5)

16.5 (2.9)

16.5 (3.3)

0.31 (− 0.34, 0.96)

0.35

  School inter-ethnic climate

  Peer inter-ethnic climate (4–20)

15.8 (2.9)

15.9 (2.9)

15.6 (2.8)

15.8 (2.7)

0.27 (−0.3, 0.83)

0.35

  Teacher inter-ethnic climate (3–15)

11.5 (2.2)

11.5 (2.4)

11.9 (2.2)

12.4 (2.4)

0.5 (0.02, 0.98)

0.04

Secondary outcomes

 Socioemotional adjustment

  SDQ: total (0–40)

15.0 (4.3)

13.1 (5.1)

15.4 (4.7)

14.1 (5.2)

0.34 (− 0.49, 1.17)

0.42

  SDQ: prosocial (0–10)

8.2 (1.7)

8.1 (1.6)

8.0 (1.7)

8.2 (1.7)

0.3 (0, 0.6)

0.05

 School connectedness

  Teacher empathy (0–8)

7.2 (1.4)

7.0 (1.7)

7.4 (1.2)

7.2 (1.5)

−0.01 (− 0.3, 0.28)

0.96

  Loneliness at school (5–25)

9.1 (3.7)

8.4 (3.4)

9.3 (3.4)

8.9 (3.4)

0.29 (− 0.32, 0.9)

0.36

  Inter-ethnic contact at school (5–25)

19.5 (3.5)

20.2 (3.4)

19.6 (3.6)

20.6 (3.5)

0.29 (− 0.35, 0.93)

0.37

 Sleep

  Sleep duration

574.9 (64.8)

577.5 (64.4)

580.0 (84.1)

580.6 (62.6)

11.93 (−5.75, 29.62)

0.19

 Sleep latency

  0–30 min

110 (55.8%)

122 (64.6%)

212 (65.2%)

211 (68.5%)

0.23 (−0.46, 0.91)

0.52

30–60 min

58 (29.4%)

41 (21.7%)

71 (21.8%)

57 (18.5%)

   > 60 min

29 (14.7%)

26 (13.8%)

42 (12.9%)

40 (13.0%)

 Sleep difficulties

  Mild (a little of the time/none of the time)

31 (15.5%)

25 (13.2%)

67 (20.6%)

43 (13.8%)

−0.05 (− 0.64, 0.54)

0.87

  Moderate (a good bit of the time/some of the time)

60 (30.0%)

41 (21.7%)

82 (25.2%)

76 (24.4%)

  Sleep problem (all of the time/most of the time)

109 (54.5%)

123 (65.1%)

177 (54.3%)

193 (61.9%)

 Racial discrimination

  Direct (0–48)

1.5 (4.1)

1.2 (3.1)

1.8 (4.8)

1.4 (4.0)

−0.05 (−0.89, 0.79)

0.9

  Vicarious (0–20)

4.3 (4.2)

3.9 (3.6)

3.6 (4.0)

3.1 (3.9)

−0.22 (− 0.91, 0.46)

0.52

  1. – = not applicable; CI confidence interval; NSW New South Wales; SD standard deviation; SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Vic Victoria
  2. aPossible score ranges for each scale denoted in brackets