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Table 5
Mean Frequency of DPICS II Summary Variables for Clinic-Referred and Comparison Father-Child Dyads Summed Across Situations
DPICS II Variable Clinic-Referred Comparison M (SD) M (SD)
Child Compliance Ratio" 00.58 (00.23) 00.70 (00.16) Child Inappropriate Behavior* 49.53 (27.47) 28.73 (15.73) Father Direct Command Ratio 00.70 (00.13) 00.64 (00.14) Father Prosocial Behavior 177.10 (53.57) 175.13 (60.73) Father Prosocial Behavior-R" 70.73 (29.44) 90.00 (26.95) Father Inappropriate Behavior* 28.87 (11.64) 17.56 (9.33) Father Total Commands 114.17 (52.24) 104.77 (48.91) Child Prosocial Behavior 178.47 (55.72) 178.90 (53.15) Child Prosocial Behavior-R 64.47 (27.17) 63.47 (29.99) Note. Analyses based on n = 30 for the clinic-referred and comparison groups; Prosocial Behavior-R = without Information Descriptions. R <.05. IR < .01.
Statistically significant differences between the groups were found on child
Compliance Ratio, t (58) = -2.73, p < .01, child Inappropriate Behavior, t (58) = 1.81, p < .05, and father Inappropriate Behavior, t (58) = 2.33, p < .05. Statistically significant differences were found on father Prosocial Behavior, t (58) = -2.64, 12 <.01, only when