Table 2.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS FOR DRUG OFFERERS AND TYPES OF SUBSTANCES
| Strategy | Description and/or Example(s) | Drug Offerer
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| N | Peer/Friend | Cousin | Parent | N | Marijuana | Alcohol | |||||||
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Refuse | Saying “no” to a drug offer | 115 | 1.68 | 0.74 | 2.53 | 1.41 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 129 | 1.70 | 0.80 | 1.35 | 0.67 |
| Explain | Providing an explanation for drug refusal | 116 | 0.59 | 0.25 | 0.49 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 129 | 0.68 | 0.27 | 0.47 | 0.32 |
| Refuse/Explain | “Refuse” used as a primary resistance strategy and “explain” used as a secondary resistance strategy | 116 | 0.90 | 0.39 | 0.76 | 0.42 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 129 | 0.65 | 0.33 | 0.83 | 0.45 |
| Leave | Walking away from the drug offer situation | 116 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.82 | 129 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.53 |
| Involve Others | Incorporating another person as part of drug refusal (e.g., “I would tell my mom that he offered me drugs.”) | 114 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.66 | 0.41 | 0.58 | 129 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.62 |
| Angry Refusal | Refusal with an angry tone, often laced with profanity (e.g., “Get the hell away from me!”) | 116 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 129 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.24 |