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Table 3 Overall effect sizes per outcome, gender sensitivity analysis (studies with male participants excluded, n = 15 remaining)

From: Psychosocial interventions targeting mental health in pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents: a systematic review

 

All time points

Effect size

p-value

95% Confidence Intervals

Positive mental health

0.33

0.05*

0.00

0.66

Mental disorders (depression and anxiety)

−0.11

0.21

−0.30

0.08

Self-harm and suicide

Aggressive, disruptive and oppositional disorders

Substance use

−0.27

0.26

−1.10

0.56

Risky sexual and reproductive health behaviors

−0.17

0.56

−2.68

2.35

School attendance

0.64

0.01**

0.55

0.72

Adherence to antenatal and postnatal care

    

Parenting skills

0.06

0.65

−0.24

0.25

Exposure to IPV

    
  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Models in italics are indicative only, given the statistical estimation procedures used. For positive mental health, school attendance, adherence to antenatal and postnatal care, and parenting skills, a positive effect size denotes a beneficial effect. For all other outcomes, a negative effect size denotes a beneficial effect
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