Metacognitive interventions in text production and working memory in students with ADHD

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Table 3 Results of GEE and effect size for measures of Working Memory and ADHD symptoms

Variables	Time	Mean score										p value
		Combined			WM			General			ES	Group	Time	Interaction
		Mean		SE	Mean		SE	Mean		SE		Group	Time	Interaction
RAVLT A7^a	1	9.3		0.7	8.7		0.6	9.0	A	0.5	0.19	0.552	< 0.001	0.327
	2	10.7		0.7	10.7		0.5	10.7	B	0.4	0.01
	3	11.0		0.5	10.3		0.7	10.6	B	0.4	0.27
	General	10.3		0.5	9.9		0.5
DI-backward^a	1	8.8		0.5	9.3		0.4	9.0	A	0.3	0.27	0.209	0.049	0.753
	2	8.2		0.4	8.9		0.5	8.6	B	0.3	0.34
	3	8.5		0.6	9.5		0.5	9.0	ab	0.4	0.38
	General	8.5		0.4	9.3		0.4
SS-backward^c	1	4.7	aA	0.2	5.3	aB	0.2	5.0		0.1	0.59	0.794	0.759	0.014
	2	5.2	aA	0.2	5.0	aA	0.2	5.1		0.1	0.23
	3	5.0	aA	0.2	4.9	aA	0.2	4.9		0.2	0.20
	General	5.0		0.2	5.0		0.2
Inattention^c	1	1.9		0.11	1.9		0.1	1.9	A	0.09	0.00	0.928	< 0.001	0.896
	2	1.4		0.12	1.4		0.2	1.4	B	0.1	0.04
	General	1.7		0.10	1.7		0.1
Hyperactivity/impulsivity^c	1	1.2	aA	0.2	1.0	Ba	0.2	1.1		0.1	0.33	0.692	0.003	0.035
	2	0.8	bA	0.2	0.9	Aa	0.2	0.8		0.1	0.14
	General	1.0		0.2	0.9		0.2
Total symptoms^c	1	1.6		0.1	1.4		0.1	1.5	A	0.08	0.24	0.816	< 0.001	0.194
	2	1.1		0.1	1.2		0.2	1.1	B	0.09	0.11
	General	1.3		0.1	1.3		0.1

Time: 1: pretest; 2: immediate posttest; 3: deferred post-test; general: mean between evaluation times. Different lowercase letters represent statistically different mean values, by comparing time and setting group. Different uppercase letters represent statistically different mean values, by comparing groups and setting times
IG-Combined combined intervention group, IG-WM Working Memory Intervention Group, SE standard error, ES effect size
^aPoisson distribution
^bBinary logit distribution
^cNormal distribution