Table 2.
Substance use and related characteristics of the participants with respect to problematic alcohol use (n = 725).
| Variables | Problematic alcohol use |
χ2 | df | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | |||||
| Parents alcohol use history | Yes | 131 (18.1) | 29 (4.0) | 9.03 | 1 | 0.003 |
| No | 511 (70.5) | 54 (7.4) | ||||
| Alcohol user intimate friend | Yes | 185 (25.5) | 53 (7.3) | 40.9 | 1 | <0.0001 |
| No | 457 (63.0) | 30 (4.1) | ||||
| Lifetime substance usea | Yes | 174 (24.0) | 66 (9.1) | 91.18 | 1 | <0.0001 |
| No | 468 (64.6) | 17 (2.3) | ||||
| Interest in their department | Yes | 547 (75.4) | 70 (9.7) | 0.04 | 1 | 0.84 |
| No | 95 (13.1) | 13 (1.8) | ||||
| Probable social phobia | No | 356 (49.1) | 33 (4.6) | 7.28 | 1 | 0.007 |
| Yes | 286 (39.4) | 50 (6.9) | ||||
aUse of substances (alcohol, khat, and tobacco products) in their lifetime.