Research Article

Social Competence Intervention for Parents (SCI-P): Comparing Outcomes for a Parent Education Program Targeting Adolescents with ASD

Table 2

Difference in outcomes for SCI-P participants versus waitlist comparison participants.

SCI-P participants ( )Waitlist comparison participants ( )
PrePostPrePost
SD SD SD SD

Parenting stress
 Adolescent domain112.0721.71104.3821.24116.2024.84113.7026.531.361, 22
 Parent domain78.3314.7667.6017.1378.1019.9080.5015.645.47*1, 22
 Total stress217.8631.35199.1334.57227.5040.61228.1044.044.54*1, 21
Sense of competence
 Efficacy27.634.2632.254.3926.505.0428.705.583.49+1, 23
 Satisfaction39.195.1441.505.9036.606.5738.107.280.451, 23
Youth social behavior107.0018.4090.9417.26109.3022.7590.6018.390.141, 23

Note: Unadjusted pre and post means are reported for all measures. ANCOVA used with baseline scores on each outcome measure used as a covariate.
Note: Youth social behavior measured by parent-reported total score on the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS).
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