TABLE 1.
Group Differences of Measures of Substance Use and Abuse
PTSD (P) n = 30 M (SD) |
Depression (D) n = 23 M (SD) |
Social phobia (SP) n = 21 M (SD) |
Well-adjusted (WA) n = 18 M (SD) |
F value | Significant contrasts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of alcohol consumption |
2.27 (1.41) | 1.78 (1.24) | 1.65 (1.22) | 1.72 (1.497) | 1.13 | |
No. of drinks per occasion | 5.04 (3.29) | 3.20 (2.24) | 3.58 (3.64) | 4.18 (4.23) | 1.38 | PTSD > D |
Typical level of alcohol intoxication |
1.67 (0.78) | 0.91 (0.79) | 1.10 (0.99) | 1.00 (1.06) | 3.59* | PTSD > D, SP, WA |
Frequency of drug use | 0.63 (1.28) | 0.48 (1.08) | 0.19 (0.40) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.506 | |
Frequency of smoking | 2.40 (2.25) | 1.82 (2.30) | 0.62 (1.32) | 1.89 (2.27) | 3.04* | PTSD, D, WA > SP |
No. of cigarettes per month | 118.08 (181.48) | 70.00 (159.60) | 33.37 (137.30) | 61.00 (105.10) | 1.15 | |
RAPI total | 14.93 (18.22) | 9.13 (12.82) | 5.05 (6.95) | 3.67 (4.28) | 3.83* | PTSD > SP, WA |
DAST total | 31.00 (4.76) | 30.00 (4.06) | 29.76 (4.30) | 28.61 (1.79) | 1.34 | PTSD > WA |
RTQ total | 19.30 (8.36) | 15.39 (7.68) | 13.14 (6.63) | 16.00 (7.70) | 2.81* | PTSD > SP |
Note. p < .05
p < .01.
PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder; RAPI = Rutgers Alcohol Problems Index; DAST = Drug Abuse Screening Test; RTQ = Revised Tolerance Questionnaire.