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Table 1 Changes in quantitative outcome measures, mentors and mentees

From: The Mentors in Violence Prevention programme: impact on students’ knowledge and attitudes related to violence, prejudice, and abuse, and willingness to intervene as a bystander in secondary schools in England

 

Mentors

Mentees

Item

n

Time 1

Mean

(SD)

Time 2

Mean

(SD)

Mean change

(95% CIs)

t

p

d

n

Time 1

Mean (SD)

Time 2

Mean (SD)

Mean change

(95% CIs)

t

p

d

Attitudes towards efficacy of violence prevention total score1

138

32.77 (3.327)

34.29 (5.616)

-1.52

(-0.66 - -2.38)

-3.489

< 0.001^

-0.30

70

31.50 (4.323)

29.51 (6.788)

1.99 (0.41–3.56)

2.519

< 0.05

0.30

Bystander attitudes total score2

240

22.24 (2.815)

23.23 (3.660)

-0.99 (-0.54 - -1.43)

-4.348

< 0.001^

-0.28

108

18.98 (3.329)

18.71 (3.724)

0.27 (-0.41-0.95)

0.779

NS

0.08

Perceptions of other students’ bystander behaviour total score3

103

9.21 (2.796)

10.69 (2.737)

1.48 (0.87–2.08)

-4.868

< 0.001^

-0.48

37

11.89 (4.047)

11.70 (2.837)

0.19 (-1.12-1.49)

0.294

NS

0.05

Attitudes towards violence total score4

82

15.62 (3.946)

14.35 (4.129)

-1.27 (0.63–1.91)

3.935

< 0.001^

0.44

52

17.94 (5.493)

18.19 (5.080)

-0.25 (-1.98-1.48)

-0.290

NS

-0.04

Gender stereotyping total score5

104

20.30 (5.953)

20.40 (6.840)

-0.11 (-1.00-0.792)

-0.234

NS

-0.02

36

20.61 (5.520)

22.03 (7.952)

-1.42 (-3.50-0.67)

-1.377

NS

-0.23

School participation total score6

115

5.68 (1.852)

6.11 (1.914)

-0.44 (0.16 - -0.76)

-2.691

< 0.01^

-0.25

60

5.18 (1.987)

4.85 (2.138)

0.33 (-0.16-0.82)

1.364

NS

0.18

  1. Notes. 1Higher score indicates more positive attitudes towards the efficacy of violence prevention. 2Higher score indicates better leadership skills and more positive bystander attitudes. 3Higher score indicates perceived higher frequency of other student’s likelihood to intervene. 4Higher score indicates higher acceptance of violence and limited use of nonviolent strategies. 5Higher score indicates higher acceptance of gender stereotyping and more negative attitudes towards women. 6Higher score indicates higher participation in school activities. SD, standard deviation. ^Statistically significant when controlling for multiple testing (Bonferroni correction)