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Evaluation of effectiveness of CDI’s Mate-Tricks Pro-Social Behaviour After-School Programme
Table 4.3: Summary of Main Secondary Effects
Outcome
Child-reported
Victimisation
Child-reported
Conflict tactics
Child
Club attendance
Child-reported
Friendships
Child-reported
Relationship with Mother
Child-reported
Relationship with Father
Child-reported
Trait emotional intelligence
Child-reported
Liberal parenting
Child-reported
Supportive parenting
Child-reported
Authoritarian parenting
Parent-reported
Positive parenting
Parent-reported
Inconsistent punishment
Teacher ratings of
ADHD behaviours
Teacher-reported
Trait emotional intelligence
Attendance at school
* Controlling for pre-test score, with exception of school attendance which was only collected at post-test.
4.3 Exploratory analysis
Pre-specified exploratory analyses were undertaken to calculate whether other variables influenced any of the outcomes
identified in the main effects section. The variables considered were:
• gender;
• having participating in different cohorts (i.e. Cohort 1, 2 or 3);
• a child having a Special Educational Need;
• family affluence/poverty;
• the number of sessions attended by the child;
• the number of sessions attended by the child’s parent or guardian;
• child satisfaction ratings.
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Adjusted post-test means*
(with standard deviations)
Control Intervention
2.37
(1.24)
8.46
(3.31)
2.19
(1.64)
3.26
(1.13)
3.91
(0.84)
3.63
(1.02)
3.64
(0.48)
2.22
(0.68)
4.18
(0.84)
2.76
(1.07)
3.27
(0.55)
1.56
(0.53)
0.75
(0.78)
6.51
(1.98)
90.67
(12.09)
2.45
(1.18)
7.79
(3.17)
2.02
(1.74)
3.20
(1.00)
3.73
(0.95)
3.44
(1.08)
3.68
(0.48)
2.04
(0.70)
4.13
(0.95)
2.45
(0.96)
3.28
(0.55)
1.50
(0.62)
0.75
(0.75)
6.68
(1.89)
90.89
(10.73)
Effect size (d)
[95%
confidence
interval]
-0.07
[-0.26, +0.13]
0.21
[+0.01, +0.41]
0.10
[-0.10, +0.29]
0.10
[-0.10, +0.29]
0.19
[-0.02, +0.40]
0.18
[-0.04, +0.40]
-0.06
[-0.25, +0.13]
0.26
[+0.03, +0.49]
0.05
[-0.16, +0.26]
0.31
[+0.10, +0.51]
-0.04
[-0.31, +0.24]
0.11
[-0.18, +0.39]
0.00
[-0.20, +0.21]
-0.09
[-0.29, +0.11]
-0.02
[-0.21, +0.17]
Significance
p=0.507
p=0.054
p=0.342
p=0.581
p=0.053
p=0.099
p=0.130
p=0.053
p=0.607
p=0.004
p=0.855
p=0.517
p=0.972
p=0.232
p=0.845