Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and key variables in the Hispanic Stress Inventory–Adolescent Version sample
| M (SD) or n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age | 14.80 (1.83) |
| Female | 573 (55.5) |
| Foreign-born | 156 (15.1) |
| Primary language | |
| English | 712 (70.2) |
| Spanish | 269 (26.5) |
| Other | 33 (3.3) |
| HSI-A stress domainsa | |
| Family economic | 1.23 (0.46) |
| Culture and education | 1.09 (0.24) |
| Acculturation gap | 1.34 (0.50) |
| Immigration | 1.17 (0.47) |
| Discrimination | 1.14 (0.41) |
| Family immigration | 1.19 (0.46) |
| Community and gang | 1.20 (0.39) |
| Family and drug | 1.25 (0.49) |
| Alcohol use during previous 30 days | |
| 0 times | 737 (79.7) |
| 1–3 times | 123 (13.3) |
| 4 or more times | 65 (7.0) |
| Marijuana use during previous 30 days | |
| 0 times | 880 (90.0) |
| 1–3 times | 57 (5.8) |
| 4 or more times | 41 (4.2) |
| Illicit drug use | 82 (8.4) |
| Tobacco use during previous 30 days | |
| No use | 795 (92.2) |
| Some use | 47 (5.5) |
| Frequent use | 20 (2.3) |
a
Responses ranked on a five-point Likert scale from 1 (not at all worried or tense) to 5 (extremely worried or tense).