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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ment Health Subst Use. 2013 Oct 1;7(4):381–390. doi: 10.1080/17523281.2013.839574

Table 3.

Significant Predictors of Medication (non)Adherence (MARS-8)

Mean or Bivariate correlation
Proportion SD with MARS-8*
MARS-8 1.47 0.39
Sociodemographics
  Age 44 11 −.17**
Psychiatric Diagnoses
  Paranoid Schizophrenia .10 −.16**
  Major Depression .45 .24***
  Social Phobia/Anxiety .16 .15**
Medication-Related Risk
  Medication Side Effects 3.3 3.1 .14*
Psychological Risk
  Self-Efficacy-Mental Health Recovery 3.0 0.6 −.21***
  Self-Efficacy-Drug/Alcohol Avoidance 7.2 2.1 −.22***
  Motivation-Mental Health Treatment 4.3 0.5 −.12*
Social/Environmental Risk
  Recovery Support 2.1 0.6 −.21***
  Financial Situation 3.4 2.6 −.15*
  Residential Treatment .43 −.17**
Behavioral Risk
  Illicit Drug Use 2.1 6.4 .13*
  Excessive Alcohol Use .17 .22***
  Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use 3.8 8.4 .19***
  Urge to Use Drugs/Alcohol 2.9 3.3 .22***
  Criminal Justice Involvement .16 .14*
*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001