A Universal Mental Health Promotion Programme for Young People in Italy

Table 2

Mean outcome scores and Standard Error of the Mean (SEM) of participating students ().

Variable	Group		Baseline; mean (SEM); value	Postintervention; mean (SEM); value	value	Posttest; Effect size
Self-efficacy in regulating negative emotions	Intervention	173	23.0 (0.40)	23.9 (0.44)	0.0313
	Control	132	23.1 (0.47)	23.4 (0.43)	0.8868
			0.8551	0.9221		0.09
Self-efficacy in expressing positive emotions	Intervention	173	29.6 (0.36)	29.9 (0.33)	0.8790
	Control	132	30.9 (0.35)	30.2 (0.46)	0.6357
			0.0277	0.0861		0.07
Satisfaction with life	Intervention	176	24.2 (0.39)	25.4 (0.37)	0.0002
	Control	132	24.3 (0.55)	24.8 (0.50)	0.3098
			0.3700	0.6446		0.10
Psychological well-being (total score)	Intervention	167	355.7 (3.37)	361.4 (3.26)	0.0148
	Control	129	361.5 (4.03)	365.4 (4.25)	0.4059
			0.1101	0.1524		0.09
Autonomy	Intervention	167	57.7 (0.89)	58.1 (0.76)	0.1502
	Control	129	60.7 (0.99)	62.2 (0.93)	0.0483
			0.0069	0.0006		0.40
Environmental mastery	Intervention	167	57.6 (0.73)	59.0 (0.69)	0.0157
	Control	129	58.6 (0.84)	59.0 (0.84)	0.9782
			0.1299	0.7459		0.01
Personal growth	Intervention	167	61.5 (0.57)	62.0 (0.59)	0.2601
	Control	129	60.5 (0.69)	61.2 (0.79)	0.1397
			0.6679	0.9794		0.10
Positive relations with others	Intervention	167	64.5 (0.83)	64.3 (0.84)	0.5221
	Control	129	65.2 (0.93)	64.7 (0.95)	0.2848
			0.3979	0.6879		0.04
Purpose in life	Intervention	167	57.5 (0.77)	58.7 (0.73)	0.0612
	Control	129	58.1 (0.83)	59.3 (0.88)	0.1982
			0.4140	0.4465		0.07
Self-acceptance	Intervention	167	56.9 (0.93)	59.4 (0.89)	0.0015
	Control	129	58.3 (1.18)	59.0 (1.04)	0.8026
			0.1173	0.9417		0.03

Mann-Whitney test; Wilcoxon test.