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Table 4 Intervention effect on school children’s socio-emotional skills and psychological problems among boys. Regression estimates from multilevel models: intervention effect (Model A, term Intervention x T1) and intervention effect moderated by school grade (Model B, terms Intervention x 2nd/3rd grade x T1, 1st grade as the reference)

From: Short-term effects of the “Together at School” intervention program on children’s socio-emotional skills: a cluster randomized controlled trial

   

MASCS

SDQ

   

Cooperation

Empathy

Prosocial

Total/psychological problems

   

Model A

Model B

Model A

Model B

Model A

Model B

Model A

Model B

 

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Baseline

        
 

Intercept

14.125****

14.025****

9.136****

9.073****

5.357****

5.215****

7.433****

7.791****

 

2nd grade

0.149

0.178

0.112

0.162

0.178

0.347

−0.668

−0.803

 

3rd grade

−0.032

0.284

−0.050

0.106

0.161

0.453

0.535

−0.528

 

Intervention

−0.193

−0.053

−0.221*

−0.077

−0.160

−0.024

0.883**

0.155

 

Intervention x 2nd grade

 

0.032

 

−0.143

 

−0.085

 

0.346

 

Intervention x 3rd grade

 

−0.651

 

−0.368

 

−0.432

 

2.452**

Change by time

        
 

T1

 

0.261**

0.480**

0.084

0.142

0.139

0.335*

−0.275

−0.360

 

Intervention x T1

0.032

−0.284

0.042

−0.129

0.029

−0.059

−0.087

0.268

 

2nd grade x T1

 

−0.278

 

−0.079

 

−0.346

 

0.001

 

3rd grade x T1

 

−0.428

 

−0.109

 

−0.270

 

0.280

 

Intervention x 2nd grade x T1

 

0.311

 

0.244

 

0.129

 

−0.187

 

Intervention x 3rd grade x T1

 

0.841**

 

0.320

 

0.190

 

−1.222**

Variance componentsa

        
 

Student level

        
  

Intercept

7.732

7.729

2.994

2.993

4.170

4.169

32.275

32.254

  

T1

4.206

4.202

1.859

1.860

2.528

2.526

10.228

10.216

 

Class level

        
  

Intercept

1.678

1.664

0.589

0.584

1.232

1.226

4.893

4.666

  

T1

0.827

0.805

0.260

0.252

0.788

0.776

1.166

1.109

  1. MASCS multisource assessment of social competence scale, SDQ strengths and difficulties questionnaire
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01, ****p < 0.001
  3. aAll variance components were statistically significant (p < 0.001)