Table 4

Secondary outcomes

Caregiver reportAdolescent report
Follow-upFollow-up
Attitudes to harsh punishment
 Intervention, mean (SD)5.35 (3.47)6.97 (4.26)
 Control, mean (SD)7.55 (5.16)7.34 (5.00)
 Mean difference (SE)−2.37 (0.59)−1.03 (0.55)
 P value<0.0010.061
 Effect size (95% CI)−0.46 (−0.69 to −0.24)−0.22 (−0.45 to 0.01)
Depression (depression and suicidality + for adolescent report only)
 Intervention, mean (SD)11.30 (9.79)1.98 (2.88)
 Control, mean (SD)16.82 (11.13)1.84 (2.44)
 Mean difference (SE)−3.72 (1.26)
 P value0.0030.905
 Effect size (caregiver)/IRR (adolescent) (95% CI)−0.33 (−0.54 to −0.11)1.02 (0.77 to 1.35)
Parenting stress
 Intervention, mean (SD)23.75 (8.24)
 Control, mean (SD)27.05 (7.32)
 Mean difference (SE)−3.07 (0.93)
 P value0.001
 Effect size (95% CI)−0.37 (−0.59 to −0.15)
Social support
 Intervention, mean (SD)30.21 (8.42)27.49 (8.21)
 Control, mean (SD)27.23 (9.11)27.63 (8.54)
 Mean difference (SE)3.07 (1.10)−0.28 (0.86)
 P value0.0050.741
 Effect size (95% CI)0.31 (0.09 to 0.52)−0.04 (−0.25 to 0.18)
Adolescent externalising behaviours
 Intervention, mean (SD)13.35 (10.23)11.00 (7.75)
 Control, mean (SD)14.46 (10.80)9.81 (7.37)
 Mean difference (SE)−1.86 (1.06)0.97 (0.82)
 P value0.0790.239
 Effect size (95% CI)−0.16 (−0.35 to 0.02)0.12 (−0.08 to 0.31)
Alcohol and substance use*
 Intervention, mean (SD)0.34 (0.75)0.14 (0.44)
 Control, mean (SD)0.60 (1.02)0.27 (0.71)
 Mean difference (SE)
 P value0.0410.026
 IRR (95% CI)0.67 (0.49 to 0.99)0.55 (0.33 to 0.93)
Household economic hardship
 Intervention, mean (SD)20.31 (6.93)16.31 (7.44)
 Control, mean (SD)24.22 (5.95)19.74 (7.26)
 Mean difference (SE)−3.83 (0.69)−1.87 (0.78)
 P value<0.0010.017
 Effect size (95% CI)−0.62 (−0.84 to −0.40)−0.28 (−0.52 to −0.05)
Family financial management
 Intervention, mean (SD)5.22 (1.21)
 Control, mean (SD)4.76 (1.22)
 Mean difference (SE)0.41 (0.15)
 P value0.007
 Effect size (95% CI)0.31 (0.09 to 0.53)
Adolescent exposure to community violence†
 Intervention, mean (SD)0.28 (0.59)1.18 (0.90)
 Control, mean (SD)0.37 (0.63)1.06 (0.81)
 Mean difference (SE)
 P value0.1580.498
 IRR (95% CI)0.77 (0.53 to 1.11)1.08 (0.87 to 1.35)
Planning for risk avoidance
 Intervention, mean (SD)3.76 (3.47)2.73 (3.18)
 Control, mean (SD)2.05 (2.91)1.90 (2.74)
 Mean difference (SE)1.41 (0.36)0.78 (0.33)
 P value<0.0010.017
 Effect size (95% CI)0.48 (0.24 to 0.72)0.33 (0.06 to 0.59)
  •  Effect size from hierarchical mixed regressions as Cohen’s d.

  • *Results from a Poisson regression.

  • †Results from a negative binomial regression.

  • IRR, incidence rate ratio.