Virtual offender: a pilot project on nurturing social work students’ capacity to work with offenders

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Table 1. Descriptive statistics and paired sample T-tests (N = 41).

	T1 = before training (N = 41)			T2 = after training (N = 41)			Paired sample t-tests (Pair N = 41)
Outcome Variables	Mean	SD	α	Mean	SD	α	Mean of paired diff.	t-value
Creativity	3.44	0.42	0.86	3.52	0.52	0.92	−0.07	−1.01
PSWCS	31.17	3.04	0.84	32.67	3.89	0.94	−1.50	−3.12*
PSWCS-RF	3.29	0.57	0.78	3.58	0.50	0.81	−0.29	−3.21**
PSWCS-TW	3.74	0.58	0.88	3.82	0.55	0.85	−0.09	−1.03
PSWCS-PKD	3.55	0.46	0.74	3.63	0.47	0.75	−0.08	−1.02
PSWCS-PRD	3.17	0.72	0.89	3.33	0.62	0.78	−0.16	−1.32
PSWCS-TIS	3.41	0.36	0.85	3.62	0.50	0.93	−0.22	−3.11**
PSWCS-CMS	3.42	0.48	0.75	3.62	0.51	0.77	−0.20	−2.81**
PSWCS-CWS	3.27	0.41	0.74	3.49	0.52	0.87	−0.22	−2.82**
PSWCS-SS	3.65	0.42	0.74	3.79	0.51	0.77	−0.14	−2.03*
PSWCS-PVE	3.67	0.51	0.69	3.78	0.52	0.76	−0.11	−1.09
Presence	-	-	-	12.73	2.29	0.84	-	-
Presence-G	-	-	-	3.61	0.70	-	-	-
Presence-SP	-	-	-	3.44	0.63	0.67	-	-
Presence-INV	-	-	-	2.60	0.64	0.63	-	-
Presence-REAL	-	-	-	3.08	0.80	0.81	-	-
Stimulation sickness				0.85	.69	0.93	-	-

Notes: *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001. α = Cronbach’s alpha; PSWCS = Perceived social work competence scale (sum of all subscales); RF = relationship formation; TW = team work; PKD = professional knowledge development; PRD = professional resilience development; TIS = therapeutic and insight skills; CMS = case management skills; CWS = community work skills; SS = supportive skills; PVE = professional values and ethics; G = global presence; SP = spatial presence; INV = involvement; REAL = realness.