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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Apr 5;139:152–158. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.03.026

Table 2.

Posttreatment Ratings of Perceived Helpfulness of Substance Abuse Treatment Components for Black and White Adults

Item African American (N = 142)
Whites (N =141)
Total (N = 283)
MANOVA Results
MANCOVA Results
M SD M SD M SD F df p η p2 F df p η p2
1 3.16 2.14 2.39 2.02 2.79 2.11 9.78 1 <.01 0.03 7.81 1 <.01 0.03
2 4.38 1.48 3.60 1.89 4.00 1.73 15.86 1 <.01 0.05 14.39 1 <.01 0.05
3 3.06 2.11 2.20 2.13 2.64 2.16 12.56 1 <.01 0.04 10.99 1 <.01 0.04
4 4.25 1.78 3.23 2.01 3.75 1.96 20.38 1 <.01 0.07 15.11 1 <.01 0.05
5 2.38 2.25 1.59 2.00 1.99 2.17 10.35 1 <.01 0.04 10.95 1 <.01 0.04
6 3.72 2.45 3.12 2.42 3.42 2.45 5.50 1 0.02 0.02 1.43 1 0.23 0.00
7 4.41 1.50 3.38 1.69 3.91 1.67 30.01 1 <.01 0.10 25.97 1 <.01 0.09
8 4.61 1.51 3.83 1.78 4.23 1.69 16.33 1 <.01 0.06 15.41 1 <.01 0.05
9 3.48 2.44 2.85 2.32 3.17 2.40 5.49 1 0.02 0.02 2.68 1 0.10 0.01
10 2.09 2.32 1.88 2.19 1.99 2.26 1.01 1 0.32 0.00 0.18 1 0.67 0.00
11 4.88 1.31 4.31 1.58 4.60 1.47 12.01 1 <.01 0.04 8.15 1 <.01 0.03
12 3.93 1.94 3.20 2.05 3.58 2.03 9.56 1 <.01 0.03 5.40 1 <.01 0.02

Note. 1. Item Descriptions: 1 = “talking about things that happened to me when I was growing up”; 2 = “learning skills that will help me cope with my problems”; 3 = “learning how to deal with my family conflicts”; 4 = “learning about the effects of drugs/alcohol on my body and mind”; 5 = “teaching my family about how to help me stop using”; 6 = “going to Alcoholics Anonymous [AA], Cocaine Anonymous [CA], and/or Narcotics Anonymous [NA]”; 7 = “monitoring of my drug use through urine testing”; 8 = “learning skills on how to deal with situations that tempt me to use drugs/alcohol”; 9 = “being able to call sober friends when I need help”; 10 = “treatment for emotional problems like depression or anxiety”; 11= “just being in treatment”; 12 = “helping me get along better with the people who are important to me and improving my social life.”

2.Likert scale for items: 0 =did not happen in my treatment, 1 = slightly helpful, 2 = somewhat helpful, 3 = moderately helpful, 4 = helpful, 5 = very helpful, 6 = extremely helpful.

3.MANCOVA results reported in this table control for age, gender, employment status, primary drug type and treatment assignment.