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) |