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Table 4 Development of psychopathology from the beginning of therapy to one year after its end

From: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A): a clinical Trial for Patients with suicidal and self-injurious Behavior and Borderline Symptoms with a one-year Follow-up

Instrument

 

Before therapy (t1)

Four weeks after therapy (t2)

One year after therapy (t3)

Statistics (t1to t3)

  

N

Mean Value

SD

Mean Value

SD

Mean Value

SD

Wilcoxon-Test

Effect size d

SCL-90 R

Global Severity Index

11

0.93

0.38

0.57

0.21

0.44

0.33

p = 0.008**

1.30

 

Positive Symptom Total

11

44.4

12.9

36.3

10.4

27.1

16.5

p = 0.016*

1.08

 

Positive Symptom Distress Index

11

1.84

0.39

1.4

0.19

1.37

0.29

p = 0.013*

1.27

 

G1 Somatization

11

0.65

0.43

0.5

0.49

0.36

0.28

p = 0.028*

0.68

 

G2 Obsessive-Compulsive

11

0.99

0.55

0.6

0.38

0.6

0.4

p = 0.052

0.70

 

G3 Interpersonal Sensitivity

11

1.21

0.51

0.92

0.49

0.46

0.44

p = 0.011*

1.49

 

G4 Depression

11

1.63

0.6

0.79

0.47

0.48

0.4

p = 0.004**

2.14

 

G5 Anxiety

11

0.84

0.39

0.4

0.26

0.35

0.47

p = 0.014*

1.05

 

G6 Hostility

11

1.08

0.59

0.57

0.45

0.85

0.73

p = 0.563

0.24

 

G7 Phobic Anxiety

11

0.43

0.61

0.25

0.42

0.29

0.5

p = 0.572

0.23

 

G8 Paranoid Ideation

11

0.54

0.32

0.52

0.37

0.32

0.32

p = 0.233

0.58

 

G9 Psychoticism

11

0.42

0.4

0.3

0.21

0.18

0.22

p = 0.075

0.64

 

S10 Additional Items

11

9.42

5.04

5.88

2.85

4.91

3.65

p = 0.032*

1.01

YSR

Global Score

11

71.5

11.3

45.5

22.6

41.8

19.2

p = 0.003**

1.82

 

Internalizing Behavior

11

26.8

5.3

15.9

8.1

14.6

9.3

p = 0.007**

1.54

 

Externalizing Behavior

11

19.7

8.4

15.2

9.5

14.5

7.4

p = 0.008**

0.57

 

Social Withdrawal

11

7.08

2.61

4.38

3.16

3.91

2.77

p = 0.016*

1.13

 

Somatic Complaints

11

4.0

2.63

2.63

2.13

3.09

2.94

p = 0.505

0.26

 

Anxious/Depressed

11

17.08

4.5

9.75

5.2

8.09

7.03

p = 0.008**

1.47

 

Social Problems

11

4.0

2.22

2.13

1.64

1.91

2.21

p = 0.058

0.86

 

Schizoid/Obsessive

11

3.0

2.34

1.5

1.51

0.91

1.45

p = 0.011*

1.04

 

Attention Problems

11

8.67

2.35

3.88

2.03

4.45

3.14

p = 0.005**

1.46

 

Delinquent Behaviors

11

6.42

3.26

5.0

2.62

4.55

2.07

p = 0.041*

0.54

 

Aggressive Behaviors

11

13.25

5.71

10.13

7.02

9.91

5.74

p = 0.014*

0.54

DIKJ

Average Score Per Item

10

0.78

0.2

0.45

0.21

0.41

0.23

p = 0.022*

1.51

  1. SD = Standard deviation; * = Significance (bilateral) ≤ 0.05; ** = Significance (bilateral) ≤ 0.01; SCL-90-R = Symptom Checklist 90 revised; YSR = Youth Self Report of the Child Behavior Checklist; DIKJ = Depression Inventory for Children and Adolescents
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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