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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2013 Oct 5;47(Pt 1):1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.09.015

Table 4.

Frequency of START:AV Critical Vulnerabilities and Key Strengths and Percentage Matched with Interventions

Full Sample (N = 120)
Follow-up Sample (n = 56)
Critical Items Key Items Critical Items Key Items


START:AV Item n % Matched n % Matched n % Matched n % Matched
1. Social Skills 11 27.3 13 15.4 5 0.0 5 20.0
2. Relationships 5 80.0 3 33.3 3 66.7 2 50.0
3. School/Work 20 60.0 14 50.0 10 50.0 3 0.0
4. Recreational 2 0.0 12 66.7 0 n/a 4 50.0
5. Self-Care 0 0.0 7 0.0 0 n/a 4 0.0
6. Mental State 14 92.9 2 0.0 9 100.0 0 n/a
7. Emotional State 20 10.0 5 0.0 7 14.3 3 0.0
8. Substance Use 56 94.6 4 25.0 22 100.0 2 0.0
9. Impulse Control 35 62.9 3 0.0 14 78.6 1 0.0
10. External Triggers 26 3.8 0 0.0 9 0.0 0 n/a
11. Social Support 2 50.0 3 0.0 2 50.0 1 0.0
12. Material Resources 1 0.0 4 0.0 0 n/a 1 0.0
13. Attitudes 14 14.3 9 11.1 5 20.0 4 0.0
14. Medication Adherence 6 0.0 7 14.3 1 0.0 3 33.3
15. Rule Adherence 21 47.6 5 0.0 9 77.8 3 0.0
16. Conduct 16 43.8 6 0.0 4 25.0 3 0.0
17. Insight 13 38.5 4 0.0 4 25.0 2 0.0
18. Plans 9 33.3 10 50.0 3 33.3 3 33.3
19. Coping 11 0.0 4 0.0 6 0.0 2 0.0
20. Treatability 5 0.0 7 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0
21. Parenting/Home Environment 10 20.0 2 0.0 5 0.0 1 0.0

Notes. n = number of youth for whom this item was identified as a critical or key, respectively; n/a = not applicable.