Intentions to implement non-recommended helping actions
| Action | Precourse (n=49)‡ | Postcourse (n=49)‡ | Follow-up (n=17)‡ | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Δ† | Mean | SD | Δ† | |
| Ignore the injuries to avoid giving Tidda too much attention. | 1.98 | 1.09 | 1.46*** | 0.82 | −0.48 | 1.41** | 0.62 | −0.52 |
| Let Tidda know you are angry and frustrated by her behaviour. | 1.55 | 0.96 | 1.47 | 1.02 | −0.09 | 1.29 | 0.59 | −0.27 |
| Let Tidda know how badly her self-injuring makes other people feel. | 2.02 | 1.22 | 1.69 | 1.12 | −0.27 | 1.65 | 1.00 | −0.31 |
| Tell Tidda to stop injuring herself. | 2.82 | 1.35 | 2.20** | 1.54 | −0.45 | 2.41 | 1.23 | −0.30 |
| Scale (average) | 8.37 | 3.62 | 6.84*** | 3.70 | −0.42 | 6.76*** | 2.70 | −0.44 |
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.
†Glass’s delta compared with precourse mean using precourse SD.
‡Numbers vary slightly between actions due to missing responses.