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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2011 Nov 14;26(4):791–800. doi: 10.1037/a0026207

Table 4.

Table of Correlations Between Various CSS Scales and Theoretically Convergent and Discriminant Measures. Ns = 439 to 751.

Coping
Scale
Internal
Reliability
(α)
Convergent Measures Discriminant Measures

Abstinence
Post
Abstinence
5 Mo
PDA Post PDA
5 Mo
MPS
Post
MPS
5 Mo
Self-
Efficacy
Post
Readiness
Post
BSI
Total
Score
Post
Total Scalea .98 .253*** .296*** .411*** .405*** −.011 −.240*** −.103** .246*** .065
Scales Derived from Factor Analyses
Problem Focusedb .98 .266*** .314*** .429*** .422*** .002 −.232*** −.116** .292*** .115*
Emotion Focusedb .93 .168** .194*** .284*** .284*** −.055 −.227*** −.030 .039 −.123*
Brief Problem-Focusedc .95 .256*** .305*** .436*** .436*** −.029 −.269*** −.082 .035 .093
Brief Emotion-Focusedc .93 .181*** .202*** .297*** .288*** −.063 −.227*** −.011 .047 −.129*
Brief Totalc .96 .237*** .278*** .402*** .401*** −.047 −.272*** −.055 .059 −.013

Note:

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001

a

Scale based on all 48 items of CSS;

b

Scale based on 45 items of the CSS;

c

Scale based on 19 items of the Brief CSS.

PDA=Proportion Days Abstinent in previous 90 days; MPS=Marijuana Problems Scale; BSI=Brief Symptom Inventory.

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