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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Aug 28;167:207–213. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.623

Table 2.

Reports of AOD use, context and affect based on in-the-moment CEMA reports (n=702 reports)

CEMA question Alcohol only 25 reportsa Marijuana 35 reportsa Other drugs 25 reportsa
WHO is around you Close friends 60% (15) Close friends 46% (16) Close friends 44% (11)
Family 16% (4) No one 20% (7) No one 32% (8)
Other 24% (6) Other 34% (12) Other 24% (6)
Around users Yes 72% (18) Yes 69% (24) Yes 52% (13)
WHAT you are doing Hanging out 52% (13) Hanging out 66% (23) Hanging out 72% (18)
Watching movie 8% (2) Watching movie 11% (4) Other 28% (7)
Other 40% (10) Other 23% (8)
DAY of use Weekend 56% (14) Weekend 49% (17) Weekend 40% (10)
Sunday 24% (6) Wednesday 29% (10) Wednesday 24% (6)
Thu / Fri / Sat 16% (4) each day Saturday 20% (7) Tuesday 20% (5)
Friday 17% (6) Saturday 16% (4)
Other 28% (7) Other 34% (12) Other 36% (9)
WHERE you used Friend's house 32% (8) My house 54% (19) My house 28% (7)
My house 24% (6) Friend's house 26% (9) School 20% (5)
Party 16% (4) Other 17% (6) Friend's house 16% (4)
Other 28% (7) No response 3% (1) Other 36% (9)
FEELING nowb Happy 44% (4) Happy 40% (4) Nervous 100% (1)
Irritated 22% (2) Stressed 20% (2)
Other 33% (3) Bored 20% (2)
Other 20% (2)
FEELING before use Happy 56% (14) Bored 40% (14) Happy 28% (7)
Bored 20% (5) Happy 37% (13) Bored 24% (6)
Other 24% (6) Stressed 11% (4) Stressed 16% (4)
Other 11% (4) Other 20% (5)
No response 12% (3)
REASONS for use Get buzzed 44% (11) Want to relax 69% (24) Want to relax 48% (12)
Want relax 28% (7) Had a bad day 14% (5) Had a bad day 12% (3)
Other 28% (7) Other 17% (6) Other activities 24% (6)
No response 16% (4)
CRAVING nowb Strong 11% (1) Strong 40% (4) Strong 0% (0)
TIME of usec
Random assessmentd Night (5-8pm) 56% (5) Night (5-8pm) 60% (6) Night (5pm) 100% (1)
Afternoon (4-5pm) 44% (4) Afternoon (3-4pm) 40% (4)
Event-based assessmente Night (6pm-3am) 88% (14) Night (5pm-2am) 52% (13) Night (5pm-1am) 42% (10)
Afternoon (12-2pm) 13% (2) Afternoon (12-4pm) 40% (10) Afternoon (2-4pm) 42% (10)
Morning (7:17am,10:10am) 8% (2) Morning (6-10am) 17% (4)
a

Alcohol reports based on 14 youth, marijuana reports based on 15 youth, and other-drug reports based on 7 youth

b

Only reported through random assessment: 9 reports for alcohol only, 10 reports for marijuana, and 1 report for other drugs

c

Based on time-stamps that are grouped by naming conventions from daily reports: morning, afternoon, and night.

d

Random assessment reported separately because reporting times are restricted to fall between 3pm-9pm.

e

Event-based assessment: 16 reports for alcohol only, 25 reports for marijuana, and 24 reports for other drugs