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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2014 Oct 6;21(2):300–313. doi: 10.1037/a0037929

Table 1.

Study Characteristics

All Studies (N=16) NHW Studies (N=11) BH Studies (N=5)
Date of publication
19972000 4 4 0
20012012 12 7 5
Studies Reporting Percentages of
Whites 15 11 4
Blacks 11 7 5
Hispanics 9 6 3
Other races 6 4 2
Sample recruitment setting
Medical setting 2 1 1
Substance use treatment 5 3 2
General population 9 7 2
Intervention Format
Group 5 4 1
Individual 9 6 3
Combination 1 0 1
Not reported 1 1 0
Interventionist qualification
Doctoral Level 1 0 1
Master level degree 4 3 1
Mixture of professionals 8 6 2
Not reported 3 2 1
Number of CBT sessions offered
3 to 12 10 5 5
13 to 24 4 4 0
25 to 48 2 2 0
Outcome differences between CBT and comparison at baseline
No differences 14 9 5
Differences 2* 2 0
Not reported 0 0 0
Demographic and Outcome differences between study dropouts and completers
No differences 13 4 5
Differences 2 2 0
Not reported 1 1 0
Study compared outcome across race
Yes 3 3 0
No 13 8 5
Substance use outcome
Cocaine 3 0 3
Marijuana 3 2 1
Alcohol 6 6 0
Alcohol & other drugs 4 3 1
Sample Demographics
Sample size (N) 3,784 3,272 512
Age 40 (06) 41 (05) 36 (08)
Mean % of sample male 81 (13) 77 (18) 83 (11)
Mean % of sample employed 71 (23) 70 (16) 45 (12)
Mean % of sample married 52 (18) 35 (18) 22 (18)
Mean % of studies racial distribution
  White 63 (32) 81 (08) 14 (08)
  Black 33 (35) 09 (04) 61 (33)
  Hispanic 16 (23) 09 (05) 29 (40)
  Other 03 (02) 03(01) 03 (04)

Note. NHW = Non-Hispanic White. BH = Black/Hispanic.

*

In one study, the CBT group had significantly more substance users at baseline and in the other study there were significantly more White participants in the CBT group.