Table 2.
Characteristics of youths with high versus low helping and divine love at discharge
| Spiritual Virtues at Discharge | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N=195) | low H/low L | low H/high L | high H/low L | high H/high L | |||
| Intake Variable | 109(56%) | 22(11%) | 45(23%) | 19(10%) | |||
| Background | male | 93 (47.7) | 60 (55.0) | 9 (40.9) | 21 (46.7) | 3 (15.8) | |
| minority | 62 (31.8) | 39 (35.8) | 8 (36.4) | 9 (20.0) | 6 (31.6) | ||
| hispanic | 15 (7.7) | 7 (6.4) | 1 (4.5) | 4 (8.9) | 3 (15.8) | ||
| Age (years) | 16.2 (1.1) | 16.2 (1.1) | 16.0 (0.9) | 16.1 (1.0) | 16.5 (0.9) | ||
| grade 9-10th | 119 (61.7) | 67 (62.6) | 16 (72.7) | 24 (53.3) | 12 (63.2) | ||
| parent BA+ | 53 (27.2) | 32 (29.4) | 8 (36.4) | 10 (22.2) | 3 (15.8) | ||
| single parent | 97 (49.7) | 58 (53.2) | 8 (36.4) | 22 (48.9) | 9 (47.4) | ||
| rural/small town | 103 (52.8) | 58 (53.2) | 9 (40.9) | 25 (55.6) | 11 (57.9) | ||
| good health | 133 (68.2) | 75 (68.8) | 10 (45.5) | 33 (73.3) | 15 (78.9) | ||
| ***religious practices | 4.0 (2.4) | 3.5 (2.3)c | 5.0 (2.2)a,b | 3.9 (2.5)b,c | 5.8 (1.8)a | ||
| *trauma experiences | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.4 (1.4)b | 1.6 (1.5)a,b | 2.0 (1.5)a,b | 2.4 (1.1)a | ||
| AOD Severity | prior treatment | 17 (8.7) | 9 (8.3) | 1 (4.5) | 7 (15.6) | 0 | |
| longest time sober | 62.6 (36.8) | 60.3 (36.2) | 66.0 (38.3) | 59.6 (38.6) | 79.1 (31.9) | ||
| **readiness for change | 11.0 (2.4) | 10.8 (2.5)b | 11.5 (2.3)a,b | 11.6 (2.2)a,b | 12.8 (2.7)a | ||
| Outcomes at Intake | character | leadership | 3.6 (1.4) | 3.7 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.3) | 3.6 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.3) |
| humility | 27.9 (11.2) | 27.5 (13.8) | 27.8 (5.7) | 27.7 (6.7) | 30.6 (6.8) | ||
| recidivism | theft | 59 (30.3) | 32 (29.4) | 6 (27.3) | 16 (35.6) | 5 (26.3) | |
| burglary | 34 (17.4) | 18 (16.5) | 4 (18.2) | 9 (20.0) | 3 (15.8) | ||
| vandalism | 87 (44.6) | 42 (38.5) | 13 (59.1) | 22 (48.9) | 10 (52.6) | ||
| AOD use | PDA | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.3) | 0.3 (0.3) | |
| Spiritual Virtues at Intake | high helping (intake) | 22 (11%) | 8 (7%) | 3 (14%) | 7 (16%) | 4 (21%) | |
| high love (intake) | 40 (20%) | 14 (13%) | 14 (64%) | 4 (9%) | 8 (42%) | ||
Notes:
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001
AOD=alcohol and other drugs; PDA=percent days abstinent; H=helping others, L=divine love; groups sharing the same letter (a, b, or c) are not significantly different