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. 2010 Nov;71(6):837–846. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.837

Table 1.

Important People Inventory constructs: Factors and factor indices

Median M SE
I.a Network drinking
 1.b Heavy drinkers, % (IP601c) 0 10.35 0.47
 2. Abstainers/recovering alcoholics, % (IP602) 33.33 34.35 0.82
 3. No. network members who drink daily (IP702) 0 0.59 0.03
 3. Total frequency of drinking in the network (IP704) 123 165.51 AM
II.Network response to patient drinking
 4. No. who accept/encourage patient drinking (IP801) 1 1.61 0.06
 5. No. who oppose patient drinking (IP803) 2 2.04 0.06
III.Network general support
 6. Average general support from a network member (IP501) 3.9 3.79 0.02
 7. Daily support (IP504) 1 1.44 0.04
 7. Daily support from valued network (IP505) 1 1.41 0.04
 7. No. of members with daily contact (IP301) 1 1.64 0.04
IV.Support for treatment
 8. No. who support treatment (IP901) 3 3.62 0.08
 9. No. who oppose treatment (IP903) 0 0.18 0.02
V.Contact with network
 10. Average amount of contact with network (IP302) 192 200.67 2.48
VI.Social Investment
 11.Total no. in network (IP101) 5 5.53 0.08
 11. Total importance of network members (IP401) 20 22.04 0.32
 11. No. of supportive network members (IP502) 4 4.54 0.07
 11.No. of valued members from whom support received (IP503) 4 4.27 0.07
a

Roman numerals refer to social network constructs.

b

Arabic numbers refer to indices that measure the confirmatory factor analysis variables.

c

Three-digit numbers (e.g., IP601) are the identification numbers of the variables listed in the unpublished appendix where they are operationally defined.