Clinical Study

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for the Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation and Trauma Symptoms in Self-Injurious and Suicidal Adolescent Females: A Pilot Programme within a Community-Based Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Table 3

Pre- (t1) and posttreatment (t2) comparisons on the MACS-A ( ).

Pretreatment (t1)Posttreatment (t2)Statistics (t1 to t2)
MACS-AMeanSDMeanSDWilcoxon’s test Effect size

Fear of Anxiety4.571.273.321.22
Fear of Anger3.860.693.730.45
Fear of Depression4.071.243.330.91
Fear of Emotion4.000.833.400.55

sig < 0.05 (2 tailed).