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Table 4 Pre course, post course and follow-up scores: confidence, perceived skill, knowledge and attitudes

From: Managing deliberate self-harm in young people: An evaluation of a training program developed for school welfare staff using a longitudinal research design

  

Percentage

Pre vs. Post course: test of change p-value#

Post course vs. 6 month: test of stability p-value†

  

Pre course *n = 186–197

Post course *n = 176–182

6 month *n = 74–76

  

Confidence MH

L

14.2

2.3

5.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

M

35.0

22.7

23.7

  
 

H

50.8

75.0

71.1

  

Confidence SH

L

26.9

1.1

3.9

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

M

44.7

21.7

25.0

  
 

H

28.4

77.1

71.1

  

Skill MH

L

22.3

4.0

6.7

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

M

41.1

26.1

25.3

  
 

H

36.5

69.9

68.0

  

Skill SH

L

34.2

3.4

5.3

< 0.001

0.001

 

M

45.4

19.9

26.7

  
 

H

20.4

76.7

68.0

  

KDS

L

2.2

1.7

1.3

< 0.001

0.77

 

M

59.7

31.8

28.0

  
 

H

38.2

66.5

70.7

  

ACS

L

3.7

2.2

1.3

0.22

0.004

 

M

32.4

38.0

36.0

  
 

H

63.8

59.8

62.7

  

ASP

L

6.4

3.4

5.3

0.015

< 0.001

 

M

23.4

15.6

27.6

  
 

H

70.2

81.0

67.1

  

ACS-Effectiveness

L

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.034

0.999

 

M

12.7

7.7

5.3

  
 

H

87.3

92.3

94.7

  

ACS-Negativity

L

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.058

0.058

 

M

5.4

2.2

2.7

  
 

H

94.6

97.8

97.3

  

ACS-Worry

L

9.7

15.3

9.5

0.12

< 0.001

 

M

79.6

75.0

79.7

  
 

H

10.8

9.7

10.8

  

ACS-Support

L

1.0

0.5

0.0

0.71

< 0.001

 

M

9.9

9.3

10.7

  
 

H

89.0

90.1

89.3

  
  1. * The sample size for different measures differ slightly at each time point due to missing values.
  2. # Mcnemar test: p < 0.05 means significant change at the 5% level.
  3. † Fisher Exact test: p < 0.05 means significant stability at the 5% level.
  4. L = Low, M = Medium, H = High.