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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2012 Feb 27;27(2):533–542. doi: 10.1037/a0026716

Table 1.

Baseline sample descriptive statistics

Demographics n %
 Gender: Female 13 40.6
  Male 19 59.4
 Ethnicity
  European American 29 90.6
  African American 2 6.3
  Multi-racial 1 3.1
Mean (SD)
Age 16.7 (1.1)
Socio-economic status 2.6 (1.2)
WASI IQ score 98.4 (12.6)
Frequency of substance use (past 6 months)
 Alcohol use 3.2 (1.7)
 Cannabis use 5.6 (2.6)
 Tobacco use 6.1 (3.0)
n %
Current DSM-IV alcohol use disorder 15 46.9
 Alcohol Abuse 11 34.4
 Alcohol Dependence 4 12.5
Current DSM-IV cannabis use disorder 29 90.6
 Cannabis Abuse 20 62.5
 Cannabis Dependence 9 28.1
Current DSM-IV nicotine dependence diagnosis 10 31.3
Current DSM-IV “other drug” diagnosis1 14 43.8
Current DSM-IV psychopathology n %
 Major depression 5 15.6
 Conduct disorder 11 34.4
 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 12 37.5
 Oppositional defiant disorder 3 9.4

Notes: N=32. SD= standard deviation. Current=past 6 months. WASI= Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence. Frequency of substance use: 0=never tried, 1=no use in past 6 months, 2=less than once per month, 3=once per month, 4=2–3 times per month, 5=once per week, 6=2–3 times per week, 7=4–6 times per week, 8=daily. “Other drug” refers to substances other than alcohol, cannabis or nicotine.

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Among those with a current “other drug” diagnosis at baseline (n=14), the most common were related to opiates (n=10; 6=abuse, 4=dependence) and cocaine (n=6; 4=abuse, 2=dependence).