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Table 4 Comparison of scores on parent-reported questionnaires (i.e. gold standards) between cases and controls

From: Validity of a family-centered approach for assessing infants’ social-emotional wellbeing and their developmental context: a prospective cohort study

 

Cases (intervention based on overall assessment)

Controls (no intervention based on overall assessment)

   
 

N

Mean

(sd)

N

Mean

(sd)

P-value

Effect size Cohen’s d

Spearman’s rho

Wellbeing of the child

 ASQ-SE

84

0.41a

(1.1)

165

−0.21a

(.84)

<.001

.33

.306***

Competence of the parent

 PSI

86

23.4

(8.9)

169

18.3

(5.4)

<.001

.06

.322***

 PSOC

85

36.6

(10.9)

167

30.2

(7.2)

<.001

.30

.269***

 PSBCb

87

8.8

(1.0)

172

9.2

(0.8)

.001

.04

−.208***c

 SF-12 mentalb

87

44.2

(11.1)

172

52.9

(7.8)

<.001

.05

−.371***

 SF-12 physicalb

87

49.5

(8.6)

172

50.5

(8.2)

.45

.01

−.169***

Partner

 FAD

82

21.2

(10.0)

167

15.3

(3.6)

<.001

.10

.394***

 PSI (partner)

79

9.6

(3.2)

172

7.7

(2.4)

<.001

.16

.269***

Social support

 SSL receivedb

87

15.2

(3.1)

172

15.7

(2.8)

.17

.03

−.231***

 SSL shortage

86

8.4

(3.1)

172

6.8

(1.3)

<.001

.23

.375***

 Loneliness score

87

2.7

(3.0)

172

1.1

(1.9)

<.001

.17

.293***

 Social

87

1.1

(1.5)

172

0.6

(1.0)

.002

.20

.375***

 Emotional

87

1.6

(1.8)

172

0.5

(1.2)

<.001

.28

.394***c

Barriers or life events within care-giving context

 Deprivation Questionnaire

86

0.5

(1.4)

171

0.1

(0.3)

.004

.49

.272***c

 PSI (life events)

87

1.5

(1.0)

172

1.3

(1.0)

.08

.13

.212**

  1. aBased on Z-scores
  2. bLower scores reflect worse outcomes
  3. cSpearman’s rho was higher between the questionnaire scores and one of the other domains than with the intended corresponding domain
  4. **p-value < .05
  5. ***p-value <.01