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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dual Diagn. 2010 Apr 1;6(2):94–110. doi: 10.1080/15504261003701445

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.