Control group

Social cognition group

Executive functions group

Pre-test

Post-test

Pre-test

Post-test

Pre-test

Post-test

Group × Time

Variables

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

F

Partial Eta2

Social Cognition

ToMI

14.27 (2.21)

14.01 (1.88)

−0.42

13.55 (2.27)

14.92 (2.37)

2.84**

15.10 (1.97)

15.81 (2.81)

1.17

2.21

Executive functions

CHEXI-Inhibition

3.91 (0.49)

3.93 (0.58)

0.14

3.82 (0.68)

3.71 (0.58)

−0.69

3.61 (0.78)

3.40 (0.81)

−1.65

0.77

CHEXI-Working memory

2.76 (0.73)

2.69 (0.99)

−0.72

2.58 (0.56)

2.58 (0.55)

0.01

2.50 (0.73)

2.18 (0.60)

−3.05**

2.27

Socio-affective profile

Angry-Tolerant

16.51 (5.95)

18.92 (5.14)

1.94†

16.50 (5.25)

21.87 (6.60)

6.8***

21.67 (7.78)

22.84 (6.64)

0.63

3.61*

0.13

Aggressive-Controlled

26.81 (6.58)

28.86 (6.87)

1.52

29.12 (8.71)

32.00 (6.14)

1.79

30.63 (8.36)

31.67 (7.90)

.80

0.41

Egoistic-Prosocial

21.75 (4.65)

23.31 (5.35)

1.20

22.44 (8.25)

25.75 (7.43)

2.66*

24.27 (6.96)

25.47 (6.33)

0.97

0.46

Resistant-Cooperative

21.50 (5.39)

23.75 (5.82)

2.17

22.67 (4.85)

25.56 (7.29)

2.02

23.67 (5.21)

27.42 (5.82)

3.26**

0.37

Social competence

110.05 (19.16)

108.48 (18.75)

0.56

108.25 (16.65)

119.56 (15.06)

3.02**

118.92 (18.39)

123.30 (17.95)

2.05†

4.70**

0.17

Social

adjustment

EASE

0.66 (0.13)

0.61 (0.16)

−1.40

0.64 (0.13)

0.73 (0.09)

5.23***

.70 (0.14)

0.76 (0.18)

1.52

5.86**

0.21

Emotion regulation

ERC Regulation

3.08 (0.40)

2.99 (0.37)

−0.86

2.99 (0.37)

3.25 (0.28)

3.09**

3.18 (0.32)

3.32 (0.35)

1.65

3.78*

0.15

ERC Dysregulation

2.72 (0.27)

2.63 (0.34)

−1.36

2.66 (.41)

2.44 (0.43)

−2.97**

2.51 (0.56)

2.17 (0.50)

−3.63**

2.41

EB

CBCL-EB

29.50 (5.98)

26.81 (5.76)

−2.37*

30.00 (5.92)

24.75 (7.82)

−3.56**

28.31 (6.83)

20.94 (9.10)

−4.23**

2.55

0.10

UCG-Agitation

2.90 (1.18)

3.48 (0.69)

2.10*

3.39 (0.85)

3.54 (0.70)

0.54

4.09 (0.68)

3.33 (0.68)

2.29*

5.05**

0.20

UCG-Positive affects

1.31 (0.41)

1.12 (0.28)

−2.10*

1.03 (0.13)

1.08 (0.15)

1.15

1.13 (0.28)

1.06 (0.17)

−0.72

2.33

UCG-Negative affects

1.48 (0.63)

1.63 (0.60)

1.42

1.55 (0.41)

1.82 (0.75)

1.23

1.57 (0.56)

1.44 (0.38)

−1.35

2.16

UCG-Inattention

2.25 (0.80)

1.88 (0.88)

−1.10

2.42 (0.89)

2.01 (0.73)

−1.72

2.20 (0.87)

1.86 (0.80)

−1.51

0.01