Parents' assessment of parent-child interaction interventions – a longitudinal study in 101 families

Table 5 Intervention mothers at the outset (T1) and comparative data

Scale	Intervention mothers			Community samples ♀				Clinical samples ♂
	n	Mean	sd	n	Mean	sd	P	n	Mean	sd	p
SPSQ^a) (couples)	66	3.11	.58	1081	2.52	.56	<.001	75	2.81	.59	.003
incompetence	66	3.11	.78		2.27	.68	<.001		2.57	.84	<.001
role	66	3.84	.84		3.42	.82	<.001		3.88	.75	.766
isolation	66	2.65	.84		2.05	.72	<.001		2.21	.82	.002
spouse	66	2.68	1.03		2.25	.94	<.001		2.29	1.07	.030
health	66	3.17	.83		2.61	.88	<.001		3.09	.88	.581
SPSQ (single)	24	3.36	.56
incompetence	24	3.46	.60
role	24	3.72	.98
isolation	24	2.93	.92
health	23	3.22	.69
RQ^b) (B)	92	3.95	1.88	211	5.02	1.50	<.001
RQ (D)	91	3.74	2.33	209	2.40	1.70	<.001
LoL^c) past	92	4.67	2.47					103	4.4	2.3	.430
L-o-L present	92	5.22	2.07	2032	7.30	1.48	<.001	103	5.2	2.0	.945
L-o-L future	89	7.92	1.81					102	7.7	2.0	.429
								Clinical sample ♀ & ♂
ISSI^d) total	93	16.06	7.98					103	16.3	6.2	.813
AVAT	92	4.64	1.72					103	4.4	1.6	.314
ADAT	92	5.08	3.20					103	5.9	2.9	.062
AVSI	93	2.04	1.80					103	2.0	1.7	.873
ADSI	93	4.37	2.77					103	4.4	2.5	.936
SDQ^e) total	37	19.24	5.75	260	6.15	5.24	<.001	62	16.71	7.23	.073
SDQ impact	37	3.54	2.40		0.34	1.16	<.001		3.14	2.76	.466
emotional	37	4.00	2.15		1.60	1.84	<.001		4.50	2.60	.327
conduct	37	4.86	2.00		1.09	1.29	<.001		3.23	2.23	<.001
hyperactivity	37	6.65	3.09		2.38	2.18	<.001		6.00	2.83	.288
peer	37	3.73	2.12		1.15	1.90	<.001		3.03	2.40	.146
prosocial	37	6.62	2.13		8.62	1.50	<.001		7.00	2.20	.402
GHQ 12^f) Prop. of poor psychol. health	93	78.3%		8792	25.6%		<.001

Student's t-test; statistical significance set at p < .01
^a) The Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire: Incompetence; Role restriction; Social isolation; Spouse relationship problems; Health problems. Low values are desirable.
^b) The Relationship Questionnaire: B – High values are desirable; D – Low values are desirable.
^c) Cantril's Self-Anchoring Ladder of Life Satisfaction. High values are desirable.
^d) The Interview Schedule for Social Interaction;(AVAT) Availability of attachment; (ADAT) Adequacy of attachment; (AVSI) Availability of social integration; (ADSI) Adequacy of social integration. High values are desirable.
^e) The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Emotional symptoms; Conduct problems; Hyperactivity; Peer problems; Prosocial behaviour. Low values are desirable except for prosocial behaviour where high values are desirable.
^f) The General Health Questionnaire.

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