Table 1.

Zero-order and bivariate correlations of individual and system characteristics with two waiting time phases and total waiting time (N =577)

Characteristics	Preassessment wait time	Postassessment wait time	Total wait time
Demographic
Gender	ns	−.079*	−.080*
Age	−.177***	ns	ns
Race	ns	ns	ns
Court referred	.301***	ns	ns
Prefer to receive no treatment	ns	ns	ns
Homeless	−.153***	.104*	.080*
History of prior treatment	ns	ns	ns
Clinical
Problem Absence	.089*	.126**	.138***
Negative Social Support	ns	ns	ns
Treatment Fear	ns	ns	ns
Privacy Concerns	ns	ns	ns
Time Conflict	.139***	.087*	.107*
Treatment Accessibility	ns	.105*	.113**
Admission Difficulty	ns	ns	ns
Problem Recognition	−.105*	ns	−.086*
Desire for Change	−.112**	ns	−.088*
Treatment Readiness	ns	−.143***	−.151***
Treatment Reluctance	.118**	.102*	.118**
Medical composite	ns	ns	ns
Employment composite	ns	.142***	.142***
Alcohol composite	−.079*	.140***	.126**
Drug composite	−.171***	ns	−.099*
Legal composite	ns	ns	ns
Family composite	ns	ns	ns
Psychiatric composite	−.123**	ns	ns
Program
Referred to residential treatment	−.195***	ns	ns
Total number of active cases	.147***	ns	.079*
Average daily census	.154***	ns	ns
Average daily staff caseload	.178***	.083*	.108**
Group assignment
Control	+	ns	.082*
Motivational intervention	+	ns	ns
Case management	+	−.128**	−.127**

Notes. (+) Group assignment was not included as a possible predictor of preassessment waiting time because subjects had not been assigned to these groups until after the assessment.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.