Table 2.

Measures, Sources and Psychometric Properties

Scale (no. of items)/Variable	Cronbach’s Alphaa	Source	Sample Item
Demographic Variables
Age	N/A	N/A	Age at Time 2
Ethnicity	N/A	N/A	Are you Hispanic? (1: AA, 2: PR)b
Educational Involvement	N/A	N/A	Are you currently attending school or college? (0: Not in school, 1: Part-time student, 2: Full-time student)
T5 Outcomes
Health problems (8)	0.65	Original	During past 12 months, have you had a cough, without fever, which lasted at least three weeks?
Depressive mood (6)	0.79	SCL-90-R (Derogatis, 1997)	Over the last few years, how much were you bothered by feelings of worthlessness?
Nicotine dependence (10)	N/A	DSM-IV-TR (adapted; APA, 2000)	In the past 12 months, over time, did you develop a physical tolerance for tobacco so that you smoked more in order to feel satisfied?
Antisocial personality disorder (7)	N/A	M.I.N.I. (Sheehan et al., 1998)	Since you were 15 years old, have exposed others to danger without caring?
Generalized anxiety disorder (9)	N/A	M.I.N.I. (adapted; Sheehan et al., 1998)	Have you had a period of at least 6 months when you worried excessively or were anxious about several things?
Alcohol use disorders (abuse or dependence) (12)	N/A	M.I.N.I. (Sheehan et al., 1998)	In the past 12 months, did you need to drink more in order to get the same effect that you got when you first started drinking?

Note.

^aCronbach’s alphas are estimated from our data.

^bAA = African American, PR = Puerto Rican