Results
Brief Symptom Inventory
A significant reduction in service users’ psychological distress was observed after completing the programme. This was shown by a reduction in mean scores on the Global Severity Scale on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), whereby t(20)= 3.50, p<.05, reflecting a medium effect size (d= .57).
Graph: Brief Symptom Inventory Global Severity Index
Social Connectedness Scale: Revised
A significant change was also observed on the SCS-R, whereby t (30) = 4.32, p< .05, reflecting a medium effect size (Cohen’s d=.79), suggesting that after the programme participants felt more connected to their social world.
Graph: Social Connectedness Scale: Revised
Table 1: Results from paired samples t-tests for measures pre and post Radical Openness intervention.
| Scale | Pre Mean (SD) | Post Mean (SD) | t | df | p | Cohen’s d |
| BSI | 2.39 (.67) | 2.00 (.61) | 3.50 | 20 | .002 | .57 |
| SCS-R | 40.00 (15.57) | 51.93 (14.59) | 4.32 | 30 | .005 | .79 |