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Table 3 Linear Mixed Models Linking Intervention Conditions to Disruptive and Prosocial Behaviors in Post-intervention

From: Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers

 

Intervention

Intervention & Covariates

β

SE

Df

p-value

ICC

β

SE

Df

p-value

ICC

Disruptive Behavior

Unconditional model

Random intercept

   Intercept

3.19

0.2

17.55

<  0.01

0.09

     

Conditional Models

Covariate & intervention variables

   Intercept

2.94

0.27

17.43

<  0.01

0.08

2.99

0.29

18.52

<  0.01

0.05

   Intervention

0.52

0.39

16.31

0.19

 

0.39

0.40

18.27

0.34

 

   Familial SES

     

0.27

0.42

98.93

0.52

 

Moderation models

Children’s sex

   Intercept

     

2.52

0.34

39.80

<  0.01

0.03

   Intervention

     

0.98

0.46

36.72

0.04

 

   Familial SES

     

0.29

0.40

156.87

0.02

 

   Children’s sex

     

0.93

0.41

118.14

0.46

 

   Children’s sex * Intervention

     

−1.19

0.57

113.14

0.04

 

Familial SES

   Intercept

     

3.01

0.30

17.86

<  0.01

0.05

   Intervention

     

0.35

0.43

17.47

0.41

 

   Familial SES

     

0.17

0.67

146.49

0.80

 

   Familial SES * Intervention

     

0.17

0.86

110.96

0.84

 

Prososcial Behavior

Unconditional model

Random intercept

   Intercept

7.08

0.16

14.95

<  0.01

0.08

     

Conditional Models

Covariate & intervention variables

   Intercept

7.31

0.22

14.52

<  0.01

0.07

7.28

0.23

17.76

<  0.01

0.03

   Intervention

−0.47

0.31

13.44

0.16

 

−0.46

0.31

17.45

0.16

 

   Familial SES

     

−0.04

0.35

109.28

0.92

 

Moderation models

Children’s sex

   Intercept

     

4.22

0.46

167.29

<  0.01

<  0.01

   Children’s pre-intervention level of prosocial behaviours

     

0.46

0.06

144.98

<  0.01

 

   Intervention

     

−0.17

0.37

251.65

0.65

 

   Familial SES

     

0.09

0.3

20.02

0.77

 

   Children’s sex

     

0.31

0.32

251.81

0.34

 

   Children’s sex * Intervention

     

−0.24

0.42

251.25

0.57

 

Familial SES

   Intercept

     

7.34

0.23

18.19

<  0.01

0.03

   Intervention

     

−0.48

0.34

17.72

0.17

 

   Familial SES

     

−0.06

0.45

110.91

0.89

 

   Familial SES * Intervention

     

−0.07

0.61

94.10

0.91

 
  1. Note. SES Socio-Economic Status, B Regression Coefficient, SE Standard Error, Df Degree of Freedom, ICC Intra-Class Correlation