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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2017 Jun 15;26(5):353–366. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2017.1305934

Table 1.

Description of the 14 Studies Included in the Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Citation Sample Setting Alcohol Use Sexual Behaviors Diagnostic Tool and Psychiatric Diagnosis

Abrantes et al. (2006) N = 239; 61% F; 94% White; Mage = 15 Inpatient psychiatric hospital; Providence, RI 50% CD 67% sexually active (lifetime) C-DISC:54% anxiety disorders; 45% mood disorders; ≥44% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
42% AA/D 52% sexually active (recent)
50% condom use (last event)
45% multiple partners (past 3M)
29% ≥4 partners (lifetime)

Aruffo et al. (1994) N = 100; 44% F; 71% White; Mage = 15 Inpatient psychiatric hospital; Little Rock, AR 64% CD 79% sexually active (lifetime) Medical Chart/Record:100% emotional and behavioral problems (unspecified)
44% condom use (lifetime)
47% condom use (last event)

Bodison (1998) N = 170 [89]; 30% F; 69% White, Mage = 15 Partial hospital day treatment programs; PA and MD 72% LD 58% sexually active (recent) Medical Chart/Record: 3% anxiety disorders; 48% mood disorders; 32% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders; 1% psychotic disorders
Psychiatric disorder subsample only (n = 89) 30% ≥2 partners (past 6M)

Brawner et al. (2012) N = 131 [64]; 100% F; 100% Black, American; Mage = 16 Outpatient mental health treatment programs; USA 16% CD 78% sexually active (lifetime) PHQ- 9: 100% mood disorders
Clinically depressed subsample only (n = 64) 73% LD 50% condom use (last event)

Brown et al. (2014) N = 893; 56% F; 67% Black, non-African; Mage = 15 Outpatient mental health treatment; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Providence, RI 22% CD 55% sexually active (lifetime) DISC:34% anxiety disorders; 32% mood disorders; 66% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
31% sexually active (recent)
71% condom use (last event)
42%≥2 partners (past 90 days)
15%≥4 partners (past 90 days)

Brown et al. (1997) N = 102; 63% F; 93% White; Mage = 15 Inpatient psychiatric unit; Providence, RI 29% CD 71% sexually active (lifetime) Medical Chart/Record:51% mood disorders; 13% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
55% sexually active (recent)
33% condom use (past 6M)
27% ≥5 partners (past 12M)

Brown et al. (2000) N = 307; 40% F; 83% White; Mage = 15 Psychiatric day schools and residential programs; Providence, RI 74% LD 68% sexually active (lifetime) Admission intake record:
80% condom use (12M) 8% anxiety disorders
43% consistent condom use 33% mood disorders
59% ≥2 partners (past 12M) 7% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
3% psychotic disorders

Brown &Reynolds (1997) N = 24; 54% F; 89% White; Mage = 14 Inpatient psychiatric unit; Providence, RI 23% CD 75% sexually active (lifetime) Medical Chart/Record:
45% condom use (lifetime) 9% anxiety disorder
51% mood disorders
9% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders

Bryant et al. (1995) N = 83; 30% F; 58% White; Mage = 16 State continuum of care program; Columbia, SC 30% CD 79% sexually active (lifetime) Medical Chart/Record:100% severely emotionally disturbed (i.e., anxiety, mood, attention-deficit and disruptive behavior, or psychotic disorders)
7% condom use (last event)
18% ≥4 partners (lifetime)

Cropsey et al. (2008) N = 636; 51% F; 58% White; Mage = 15 Inpatient psychiatric units; VA 55% LD 46% sexually active (lifetime) Medical Chart/Record:26% anxiety disorders; 73% mood disorders; 40% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders; 4% psychotic disorders; 22% personality disorders
12% AA/D

Deas et al. (2000) N = 51; 33% F; 75% White; Mage = 16 Inpatient substance abuse program; Charleston, SC 27% AD sexual risk composite:
  • mean intervention = 25

  • mean control = 24.5

KSADS:27% anxiety disorders; 68% mood disorders; 79% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
25% AA

Donenberg et al. (2011) N = 218; 100% F; 100% Black, American; Mage = 14 Outpatient mental health clinicsa; Chicago, IL 33% CD 32% sexually active (lifetime) DISC: 5% anxiety disorders; 4% mood disorders; 11% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
65% condom use (last event)
57% consistent condom use
24% ≥2 partners (past 6M)

Riggs et al. (2007) N = 106; 33% F; 48% White, Mage = 17 Community and juvenile and social agencies; Denver, CO ≥ 53% LD 94% sexually active (lifetime) Semi-structured diagnostic interview administered by study physician:100% mood disorders; 100% attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
53% ADb 30% consistent condom use
13% AAb

Teplin et al. (2005) N = 1,829 [117]; 36% F; 55% Black, American; Mage = 15 Juvenile detention center; Chicago, IL 57% CDc 88% sexually active (lifetime) DISC:100% mood or psychotic disorders
Psychiatric disorder subsampleonly with or without a substance use disorder (n = 117) 89% LDc 46% condom use (past 1M)
29% AA/Dbc 51% ≥2 partners (past 3M)
23% ≥4 partners (past 3M)

Note. If studies included clinical and non-clinical populations, only the clinical samples are reported in this meta-analysis. F, female; CD, current drinkers; LD, lifetime drinkers; AA, alcohol abuse; AD, alcohol dependence; AA/D, alcohol abuse/dependence; M, month; NR, not reported; C-DISC, Columbia-Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (Costello, Edelbrock, Dulcan, Kalas, & Klaric, 1984); PHQ-9, The Patient Health Questionnaire (Kroenke & Spitzer, 2002); DISC, Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (Schwab-Stone et al., 1996); KSADS, Child Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (Kaufman et al., 1997).

a

Participants were recruited from inpatient and outpatient mental health clinics but were outpatients at the time of the study.

b

Participants were selected if they had a substance use disorder; excluded from AA/AD analyses.

c

Information drawn from the sample who received the HIV/AIDS survey (N = 689) because this information was not reported separately for the subsample who had a a psychiatric disorder (n = 117).

Details of the study were obtained from the primary paper and linked papers (see References).