Sentences with phrase «than the comparison group»

The intervention group scored significantly better than the comparison group on measures of social competence.

They didn't score higher than the comparison group in self - control.

The women who only got electronic prompts to their doctors didn't seem to breastfeed any more than the comparison group, but those who got lactation consultants or consultants plus electronic prompts did.

They didn't score higher than the comparison group in self - control.

Intervention classrooms were rated as having a significantly more positive atmosphere, a higher level of interest and enthusiasm, and a greater ability to stay focused than comparison group classrooms.

Intervention classrooms had a more positive atmosphere, a higher level of interest and enthusiasm, and a greater ability to stay focused than comparison group classrooms.

Parents of children with ASD reported higher levels of stress than comparison groups, with mothers reporting higher stress than fathers.

Fathers of children with ASD reported greater depressive symptoms than comparison groups.

Using a nationally representative sample of students who began postsecondary education in 2003, the study showed that students who took dual enrollment courses were 10 % more likely to complete a Bachelor's degree than the comparison group.

Externalizing symptoms decreased more rapidily in the MDFT group than the comparison group; there was no difference on internalizing symptoms.

Research demonstrates that NFP and PAT also have negative effects, such as program families having fewer appropriate play materials in the home than the comparison group families, using harsher discipline techniques and being less accepting of the child's behaviour.

The fact that Milwaukee voucher students advanced through their college years at better rates than the comparison group indicates that their higher high - school graduation rate was not driven by possibly - lower diploma standards in the private - school sector.

Despite the fact that infants breastfed by mothers who took fluoxetine demonstrated less robust weight gain than the comparison group, it is reassuring that there was no significant excess of infants with weight measurements > 2 standard deviations below the mean.

At six months there was a trend for the PRT intervention group to have lower GDS scores than the comparison group, but this finding did not reach statistical significance.

(Teaching Fellows in the study had four years of experience and they were no worse than their comparison group of teachers who had 13 years of experience.)

Students in the program for three years showed significantly higher growth rates in visual literacy than a comparison group that didn't receive VTS, and this growth correlated strongly with reading and math gains.

As part of their investigation, Edmonds found that those who consumed additional water performed significantly better than the comparison group involved.

Students taking part in the dual enrollment courses also persisted in their postsecondary studies at a higher rate, and they accumulated more college credits than the comparison group - and the advantages in credit accrual grew as the students progressed through college.

Of the same study, the Center for Education Reform — a private school choice - friendly organization — had this to say: «Not only do the [voucher] kids do better over time than their comparison groups but the kids who didn't take the vouchers also do better.»

In 23 trends measured, Edison students were making smaller gains on criterion - referenced tests than comparison groups.

Nonrespondents in the intervention group were more likely than comparison group nonrespondents to be first - time parents (67 % vs 53 %) and be without a spouse or partner (13 % vs 3 %).

At both time points, the STEEP group showed significantly fewer signs of attachment disorganization than the comparison group.

Domitrovich, Cortes, and Greenberg (2007) found that the intervention group scored significantly better than the comparison group on the Assessment of Children's Emotions Scale — Accuracy, meaning children exposed to PATHS ® had a larger receptive emotion vocabulary and were more accurate in identifying feelings.

Youth served by PLL entered the program with more charges related to violence than the comparison group of non-PLL youth (50 % vs. 33 %).

Results showed that the behavior of children of ACT Raising Safe Kids parents improved significantly more than the comparison group from pretest to posttest on the Conduct Problems subscale of the SDQ.

There were significant differences between the groups in slope means, with the Home - Start group showing a larger improvement over time in supportive parenting than the comparison group.

Only two studies limited their inclusion criteria to contact CSA only: Alexander et al. (2000) who did not find any association between CSA and later parenting stress and Douglas (2000) who found that mothers in their CSA group reported significantly more stress overall than their comparison group.

They reported that the CSA group in their sample scored significantly higher on the optional life stress scale on the PSI than the comparison group (d =.65).

A study that used a nationally representative sample of students who began postsecondary education in 2003 showed that students who took dual enrollment courses were 10 % more likely to complete a bachelor's degree than the comparison group.

Results for Study 2 in youth experiencing the Teaching Family Program (TFP)[now called the Teaching - Family Model] indicated that the number of youth staying at the same offending level was lower for the TFP group than the comparison group (24 % vs. 48 %).

Analyses showed that the Families First group has a significantly lower recidivism rate than the comparison group, based on a one - year follow - up of new misdemeanor or felony charges, as well as significant reductions in rebellious and anti-social attitudes.

Under collision coverage, for example, analysts estimated that the Model S's mileage - adjusted claim frequency was 37 percent higher than the comparison group, claim severity was 64 percent higher, and overall losses were 124 percent higher.

Results show that at follow - up, the CFTSI group demonstrated significantly fewer full and partial PTSD diagnoses than the control group; in addition, the CFTSI group had significantly lower posttraumatic and anxiety score than the comparison group.

• When fathers of four - week - old infants were given a brief training in baby massage and the Burleigh Relaxation Bath technique with a particular emphasis on the father - infant relationship they were more involved with their infants (than a comparison group of fathers) two months on.

The benefits were even greater forstudents whose parents had not attended college; they were 12 % more likely to complete a bachelor's degree than the comparison group.

Children who received ESDM also were more likely to experience a change in diagnosis from autism to pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified, than the comparison group.

Additionally, all of these interactions showed a greater positive improvement for the Design Team group than the comparison group.

In regard to behavior problems, toddlers born preterm showed higher attention problems scores than the comparison group.