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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Mar;24(1):137–144. doi: 10.1037/a0017895

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations (Pearson’s r) among Baseline Values of Substance Use Variables (Study Sample N = 394a)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Alcohol Ladder -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2. Drug Ladder .42**
(237)
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
3. Combined Alcohol/Drug Ladder .74**
(296)
.69**
(335)
-- -- -- -- -- --
4. Desire to Quit Using Alcohol/Drugs .35**
(255)
.56**
(282)
.58**
(335)
-- -- -- -- --
5. Perceived Difficulty of Quitting
Alcohol/Drugs
.06
(233)
−.03
(266)
.15*
(310)
.18*
(310)
-- -- -- --
6. Expectation of Success at Quitting
Alcohol/Drugs
.15
(234)
.30**
(265)
.25**
(310)
.37**
(310)
−.13
(309)
-- -- --
7. Importance of Obtaining Alcohol/Drug
Treatment
.15*
(294)
.06
(332)
.14*
(390)
.31**
(333)
−.11
(308)
.30**
(308)
-- --
8. Treatment Status at Baseline .23**
(293)
.15*
(332)
.16*
(390)
.00
(331)
.05
(307)
−.08
(307)
−l.01
(386)
--
9. Percent Days Abstinent (PDA) in Month Prior
to Baseline
.19*
(244)
.21**
(269)
.25**
(319)
.10
(280)
.18*
(261)
.02
(262)
−.15*
(315)
.30*
(315)
--
10. Prior AOD Treatment Episodes .07
(362)
.06
(361)
.12*
(362)
.12*
(310)
.15*
(289)
.00
(288)
.17**
(358)
.03
(358)
−.13*
(302)
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01

a

Because substance use variables were not applicable or missing for some participants, the N for each correlation is contained in parentheses in each cell.