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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Sep 7;23(9):1061–1070. doi: 10.1111/acem.13021

Table 1.

Baseline background, violence and substance use characteristics by study condition

Therapist BI Group (n=263) EUC Group (n=146) Total (n=409)
Background Characteristics
 Age (mean, SD) 17.7 (1.9) 17.5 (2.0) 17.7 (1.9)
 Female (n, %) 161 (61.2%) 84 (57.5%) 245 (59.9%)
 African American 243 (92.4%) 139 (95.2%) 382 (93.4%)
 Married/Living with Partner 43 (16.4%) 26 (17.8%) 69 (16.9%)
 Live with Parent/Guardian 191 (72.6%) 117 (80.1%) 308 (75.3%)
 Public Assistance (Parent or Participant) 209 (79.5%) 114 (78.1%) 323 (79.0%)
 Failing Grades/Dropped out of school 60 (22.8%) 30 (20.6%) 90 (22.0%)
 Gang Involvement 17 (6.5%) 6 (4.1%) 23 (5.6%)
 Firearm Carriage 23 (8.7%) 12 (8.2%) 35 (8.6%)
 Community Violence 5.2 (3.4) 5.4 (3.4) 5.3 (3.4)
ED Visit/Presentation
 Violent Injury 19 (7.2%) 17 (11.6%) 36 (8.8%)
Past 2-month Substance Use
 Any Alcohol Use 51 (19.4%) 31 (21.2%) 82 (20.1%)
 Any Marijuana Use 100 (38.0%) 58 (39.7%) 158 (38.6%)
Past 2-month Violence Experiences
 Any Experiences of Violence (n, %) 173 (65.8%) 90 (61.6%) 263 (64.3%)
 Any Violent Aggression (n, %) 128 (48.7%) 69 (47.3%) 197 (48.2%)
 Any Violent Victimization (n, %) 162 (61.6%) 78 (53.4%) 240 (58.7%)
 Self-Efficacy for avoiding fights 12.9 (4.4) 13.1 (4.6) 13.0 (4.5)

Note: Significance Levels

*

< 0.05,

**

<0.01,

***

<0.001