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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2008 Dec;22(4):459–471. doi: 10.1037/a0012965

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables, for 6th Grade through 9th Grade

Variable/grade M SD Skewness
Good self-control6 A 56.13 9.69 -0.37
Good self-control7 52.32 10.57 -0.18
Good self-control8 51.74 10.72 -0.14
Good self-control9 52.04 10.84 -0.19
Family life events6 B 2.36 1.95 0.84
Family life events7 2.14 1.83 0.95
Family life events8 2.08 1.78 0.93
Family life events9 2.03 1.73 0.96
Adolescent events6 C 1.94 1.60 0.80
Adolescent events7 2.11 1.64 0.65
Adolescent events8 2.09 1.63 0.65
Adolescent events9 2.13 1.63 0.67
Friend substance use6 D 1.57 2.24 1.59
Friend substance use7 3.68 3.99 0.84
Friend substance use8 5.57 4.67 0.20
Friend substance use9 6.75 4.60 0.20
Adolescent sub. use6 E 0.91 1.40 2.88
Adolescent sub. use7 1.85 2.48 2.28
Adolescent sub. use8 2.95 3.53 1.76
Adolescent sub. use9 3.56 3.84 1.41
A

Possible range = 15-75.

B

Possible range = 0-10.

C

Possible range = 0-9.

D

Possible range = 0-12.

E

Possible range = 0-17.