TABLE 3.

General Social Survey Scores: Comparison between Adolescents with and without Substance Dependency Disorder

General Social Survey (GSS) item	Normative adolescents N = 115	Adolescents with substance dependency disorder N = 115
GSS Total Score	23.93 (3.98)	23.82 (4.30)
Gives money to charity (M, SD)	4.66 (1.31)	5.06 (1.15)***
Gives food/money to homeless (M, SD)	4.45 (1.44)	4.80 (1.17)***
Looks after neighbor’s plants/mail/pets (M, SD)	4.88 (1.33)	4.67 (1.36)
Volunteers (M, SD)	4.98 (1.34)	4.84 (1.38)
Carries belongings for stranger (M, SD)	4.95 (1.23)	4.46 (1.20)*

Notes.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .0001.

GSS items are rated: 1 = “more man once a week,” 2 = “once a week,” 3 = “once a month”; 4 = “2—3 times in past year,” 5 = “once in past year”; 6 = “not at all.”