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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2013 Sep;48(12):10.3109/10826084.2013.799023. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2013.799023

Table 1.

Measures of Study Variables

Demographics
Marital status Ever married – yes/no
Employment status Working – yes/no
Income in past year Categorical ranging from “$0 – $5000” to “$75,000 and above.”
Age Interval
Years of education Interval
Number of children Interval
Independent Variables
Spirituality Existential Well-Being Spiritual Well-Being Scale (Paloutzian & Ellison, 1982)
Religious Well-Being Spiritual Well-Being Scale (Paloutzian & Ellison, 1982)
Trauma exposure Exposure to traumatic events Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (Kubany, Haynes, Leisen, Owens, Kaplan, Watson, & Burns, 2000)
Dependent Variables
Mental health Depression past 30 days – yes/no Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)
Anxiety past 30 days – yes/no Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)
Substance use Alcohol use to intoxication past 30 days Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)
Tobacco use past 30 days Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)
Marijuana use past 30 days Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)
crack cocaine use past 30 days Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)
Powder cocaine use past 30 days Addiction Severity Index (Mclellan, Luborsky, Woody & O’Brien, 1980)