Table 3

Adult-report and child-report of parenting outcomes using an intention-to-treat analysis and adjusting for differences at baseline*

Parent-report (n=248)Child-report (n=176)
Pre
M (SD)
Post
M (SD)
ffect
Size†
95% CIPre
M (SD)
Post
M (SD)
Effect
Size†
95% CI
Total positive parentingTotal positive parenting
 A+P78.07 (16.43)84.81 (14.93)0.26−0.10 to 0.62A+P86.16 (15.45)96.20 (14.21)−0.05−0.49 to 0.38
 A-only78.10 (16.10)79.99 (15.63)−0.03−0.37 to 0.32A-only87.58 (15.35)88.39 (17.82)0.500.91 to −0.10
 P-only75.68 (14.81)82.44 (18.90)0.20−0.17 to 0.56P-only93.42 (14.70)98.44 (11.69)−0.08−0.50 to 0.34
 Controls75.87 (13.33)79.34 (17.65)Controls93.31 (13.83)99.10 (15.30)
Positive involvement Positive involvement
 A+P15.17 (7.56)18.74 (8.58)0.33−0.03 to 0.69A+P13.99 (7.73)17.00 (8.71)−0.18−0.70 to 0.34
 A-only15.11 (8.50)15.91 (9.32)0.03−0.32 to 0.37A-only15.90 (7.39)15.15 (10.42)−0.47−0.95 to 0.01
 P-only14.20 (9.21)18.01 (11.0)0.29−0.08 to 0.65P-only16.66 (8.36)19.78 (7.38)0.01−0.49 to 0.51
 Controls15.20 (7.91)15.69 (9.79)Controls17.26 (7.94)19.66 (9.82)
Positive interactionPositive interaction
 A+P11.98 (5.22)13.84 (5.38)0.31−0.05 to 0.67A+P10.85 (5.31)13.43 (6.52)−0.00−0.52 to 0.51
 A-only12.32 (5.01)12.32 (5.32)0.04−0.30 to 0.38A-only11.92 (5.07)11.83 (7.23)−0.32−0.79 to 0.15
 P-only11.71 (5.71)12.22 (6.46)0.04−0.33 to 0.40P-only12.48 (5.04)14.60 (4.89)0.10−0.39 to 0.59
 Controls11.13 (5.34)11.91 (6.47)Controls12.90 (4.66)14.01 (6.17)
Poor supervisionPoor supervision
 A+P9.47 (5.89)8.37 (4.64)−0.22−0.57 to 0.14A+P1.37 (1.17)1.00 (1.08)−0.15−0.63 to 0.34
 A-only9.79 (5.52)9.01 (5.06)−0.10−0.44 to 0.24A-only1.08 (1.18)1.01 (1.34)−0.11−0.56 to 0.35
 P-only10.64 (5.64)8.59 (4.85)−0.23−0.59 to 0.14P-only0.79 (1.06)0.91 (1.31)−0.18−0.65 to 0.29
 Controls10.53 (5.59)9.64 (4.83)Controls1.05 (1.10)1.15 (1.50)
Inconsistent disciplineInconsistent discipline
 A+P7.55 (3.04)7.22 (3.80)0.30−0.24 to 0.83A+P7.58 (2.89)7.90 (2.93)−0.13−0.71 to 0.44
 A-only7.49 (2.98)6.75 (3.95)0.21−0.31 to 0.72A-only9.02 (3.06)7.84 (4.13)−0.08−0.61 to 0.44
 P-only7.82 (4.18)6.69 (3.43)0.18−0.35 to 0.71P-only7.92 (3.11)8.31 (3.38)−0.02−0.56 to 0.53
 Controls7.65 (3.65)6.01 (3.59)Controls7.95 (2.87)8.14 (4.04)
Effective disciplineEffective discipline
 A+P3.93 (2.38)3.76 (2.04)0.11−0.25 to 0.47A+P3.92 (2.81)3.13 (2.46)−0.38−0.88 to 0.12
 A-only3.94 (2.26)3.70 (2.50)0.08−0.26 to 0.43A-only4.14 (3.34)3.78 (3.95)−0.17−0.62 to 0.29
 P-only4.23 (3.40)3.66 (2.29)0.07−0.29 to 0.44P-only3.80 (2.74)3.90 (2.65)−0.14−0.62 to 0.33
 Controls3.72 (2.28)3.50 (2.64) Controls3.54 (2.74)4.28 (3.76)
 Harsh parenting‡
A+P5.23 (3.65)2.81 (2.71)−0.19−0.82 to 0.45
A-only5.04 (3.91)4.36 (3.74)0.35−0.23 to 0.93
P-only4.41 (3.25)3.65 (2.51)0.10−0.50 to 0.69
Controls3.87 (3.19)3.11 (2.74)
  • *Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.

  • †Hedges Dw effect sizes for parenting behaviour based on comparisons of postassessment scores for each treatment arm with the control arm using linear-mixed effects models with REML and controlling for baseline differences.

  • ‡Harsh parenting subscale was child-report only; ; Significant effects are in bold (95% CI not crossing 0); borderline effects are in italics (95% CI crossover within ±0.10 of 0).

  • A-only, agribusiness only; A+P, agribusiness plus parenting; P-only, parenting only; REML, restricted maximum likelihood .