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Table 1. Structure of the Life-planning Lecture.

From: Implementation and Evaluation of Life-planning Lecture to Enhance Perspective-Taking among High School Students: A School-based Nonrandomized Waitlist Intervention Study in Japan

Objectives and Content
Reproductive session (42 min)	Didactic teaching
	1. Introduction
	2. Importance of life
	3. Own growth and interpersonal relationship
Break (8 min)
Empathy session (30 min) (Preparing for parenting) Agreement and disagreement with others Respecting opinions Discuss parenting in a mock couple	Work 1: Confirm one’s role Discuss an assigned role (mother or father) (2 min)
	Work 2: Discuss the concern checklist of expected parenting problems Fill out the checklist individually (2 min) Discuss in a mock couple (5 min) Share opinions to the whole class (5 min) Present the top five concerns (1 min)
	Work 3: Discuss the scenario of “the difficult day” Confirm the setup (1 min) Discuss solutions with several mock couples (5 min) Share opinions with the whole class (5 min) Explanation of confusions and solutions for first-time parents (2 min)
Summary (10 min)	The second questionnaire
	Lecture evaluation questionnaire

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Table 2. Characteristics of Subjects: Intergroup Comparison.

From: Implementation and Evaluation of Life-planning Lecture to Enhance Perspective-Taking among High School Students: A School-based Nonrandomized Waitlist Intervention Study in Japan

		N = 199	n (%)^a
		N = 199	Control group (n = 96)	Intervention group (n = 103)	P-value^b
Sex	Female	146	79 (84.0)	67 (65.0)	0.002
	Male	51	15 (16.0)	36 (35.0)
Hometown	Fukushima Prefecture	182	88 (92.6)	94 (91.3)	0.72
	Outside of Fukushima Prefecture	16	7 (7.4)	9 (8.7)
Living with	Parents	191	93 (97.9)	98 (95.1)	0.45
	Alone/dormitory	7	2 (2.1)	5 (4.9)
Mental health^c	1-10	169	77 (81.1)	92 (91.1)	0.04
	11-20	27	18 (18.9)	9 (8.9)
Satisfaction with school life^d	Satisfied (1, 2)	150	76 (80.0)	74 (72.5)	0.22
Satisfaction with school life^d	Not satisfied (3, 4)	47	19 (20.0)	28 (27.5)
Subjective health^e	Healthy (1, 2)	120	52 (54.7)	68 (66.0)	0.10
Subjective health^e	Not healthy (3-5)	78	43 (45.3)	35 (34.0)

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Table 3. Comparison of the Perspective-Taking Scale Score before and after the Intervention: Intragroup Comparison and Intergroup Comparison.

From: Implementation and Evaluation of Life-planning Lecture to Enhance Perspective-Taking among High School Students: A School-based Nonrandomized Waitlist Intervention Study in Japan

	Control group^a (n = 96)			Intervention group^a (n = 103)			Intergroup baseline comparison P-value^c
	Before lecture (1st)	Before lecture (2nd)	Intragroup comparison P-value^b	Before lecture	Immediately after lecture	Intragroup comparison P-value^b	Intergroup baseline comparison P-value^c
Scale score	3.8 (1.6-5.0)	3.8 (1.2-5.0)	0.43	3.8 (1.6-5.0)	3.8 (1.8-5.0)	0.01	0.73
Scale score	3.78 ± 0.70	3.76 ± 0.76		3.76 ± 0.61	3.86 ± 0.64

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Table 4. Relationship between the Difference in the Perspective-Taking Scale Score before and after the Intervention and Participants’ Attributes.

From: Implementation and Evaluation of Life-planning Lecture to Enhance Perspective-Taking among High School Students: A School-based Nonrandomized Waitlist Intervention Study in Japan

	Post value minus pre-value n (%)		Univariate^a	Multivariate^b
Item	Increase	Unchanged/Decrease	P-value	OR	95 % CI	P-value
By group
Control group	26 (35.1)	70 (56.0)	0.004	1.00
Intervention group	48 (64.9)	55 (44.0)	0.004	2.29	1.23-4.26	0.01
Sex
Female	56 (75.7)	90 (73.2)	0.70	1.00
Male	18 (24.3)	33 (26.8)	0.70	1.49	0.74-3.02	0.27
Mental health
1-10	64 (88.9)	105 (84.7)	0.41	1.00
11-20	8 (11.1)	19 (15.3)	0.41	1.22	0.49-3.05	0.67

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