TABLE 3.
General Social Survey (GSS) item | Normative adolescents N = 115 | Adolescents with substance dependency disorder N = 115 |
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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.”