. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2016 Nov 9;46(8):1702–1715. doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0605-0

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for ethnic identity, drug attitudes, and drug use

	African American M (SD)	Asian American M (SD)	Hispanic M (SD)	Multiracial M (SD)	Native American M (SD)	White M (SD)
Ethnic Identity	2.87^c ^d ^e ^f	2.91^c ^d ^e ^f	2.77^a ^b ^f ^c	2.64^a ^b ^c ^f	2.72^a ^b ^f	2.52^a ^b ^c ^d ^e
Ethnic Identity	(6.96)	(7.68)	(7.90)	(8.08)	(8.09)	(7.32)
Drug Attitudes	1.37^c ^d ^e ^f	1.44^c ^f	1.64^a ^b ^d ^e ^f	1.52^a ^c	1.52^a ^c	1.54^a ^b ^c
Drug Attitudes	(.56)	(.54)	(.67)	(.60)	(.65)	(.59)
Drug Use	1.27^c ^d ^e ^f	1.27^c	1.54^a ^b ^d ^f	1.38^a ^c	1.41^a ^c	1.33^a ^c
Drug Use	(.81)	(.91)	(1.16)	(1.00)	(1.05)	(.92)

Note: All mean values based on scores across all waves of data. Ethnic Identity scores range from 1–4, with higher scores indicating stronger ethnic identity. Drug attitudes scores range from 1–3, with higher scores indicating less harm regarding drug use. Drug use scores range from 1–7, with higher scores indicating more frequent past month drug use.

mean difference at p < .05 between African American and other group,

mean difference at p < .05 between Asian American and other group,

mean difference at p < .05 between Hispanic American and other group,

mean difference at p < .05 between Multiracial American and other group,

mean difference at p < .05 between Native American and other group,

mean difference at p < .05 between White and other group