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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nurs Scholarsh. 2012 Feb 16;44(1):36–44. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01437.x

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics and 30-Day Abstinence at 1 Year

Characteristic Intake 1-year abstinence
Yes No p
Gender (%) .2335
   Girls (n = 138) 35.9 51.4 48.6
   Boys (n = 246) 64.1 45.1 54.9
Age, mean years (SD) 16.1 15.9 16.3 .0005
Ethnicity (%) .2515
   African American (n = 57) 14.9 50.9 49.1
   Native American (n = 36) 9.4 36.1 63.9
   Latino (n = 77) 20.1 44.2 55.8
   Asian (n = 23) 6.0 65.2 34.8
   White (n = 190) 49.6 47.4 52.6
FES Conflict Scale (%) .8178
   Score=6–9 (n = 141) 37.0 45.4 54.6
   Score=3.375–5.625 (n = 123) 32.3 48.8 51.2
   Score=0–3 (n = 117) 30.7 48.7 51.3
CASI-A Limit Setting Scale (%) .1415
   Score=0.5–1 (n = 171) 45.7 45.0 55.0
   Score=0.25–0.33 (n = 88) 23.5 42.1 58.0
   Score=0 (n = 115) 30.8 54.8 45.2
CASI-A Positive Family Experiences Scale (%) .7605
   Score=1 (n = 229) 60.4 47.6 52.4
   Score=0–0.67 (n = 150) 39.6 46.0 54.0
Psychiatric diagnosis (%) .4622
   Had diagnosis (n = 214) 55.7 49.1 50.9
   No diagnosis (n = 170) 44.3 45.3 54.7
Any medical diagnosis (%) .3347
   Had diagnosis (n = 281) 73.2 45.9 54.1
   No diagnosis (n = 103) 26.8 51.5 48.5
No. of substance-using friends (%) .0002
   <4 substance-using friends (n = 82) 23.5 64.6 35.4
   ≥ 4 substance-using friends (n = 267) 76.5 40.8 59.2
Referred by legal (%) .0222
   Was referred (n = 116) 30.5 38.8 61.2
   Was not referred (n = 264) 69.5 51.5 48.5
Referral by friend (%) .0224
   Was referred (n = 76) 20.0 59.2 40.8
   Was not referred (n = 305) 80.1 44.6 55.4
Parent with substance problem .9254
   Had substance problem 37.5 47.2 52.8
   Had no substance problem 62.5 47.7 52.3
From baseline to 1-year follow-up
Attended 10 or more 12-step meetings .0462
   Attended (157) 46.1 36.1
   Did not attend (227) 53.9 63.9

Note. CASI = Comprehensive Adolescent Severity Inventory; FES = Family Environment Scale.