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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Psychol. 2017 Jan 30;45(3):346–362. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21852

Table 3.

Criterion Validity of the CTC-YS Risk and Protective Factors: Associations with Substance Use

Domain Regular Drinking
Daily Smoking
Current Marijuana
National AI/AN National AI/AN National AI/AN



OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI
Community
 + Opportunities 0.90a (0.89 – 0.91) 0.97ns (0.89 – 1.06) 0.78a (0.77 – 0.79) 0.82a (0.74 – 0.91) 0.83a (0.82 – 0.84) 0.85a (0.78 – 0.92)
 + Rewards 0.79a (0.78 – 0.80) 0.79 a (0.72 – 0.87) 0.74a (0.73 – 0.76) 0.76 (0.68 – 0.85) 0.73 a (0.72 – 0.74) 0.77 a (0.70 – 0.84)
 Low attachment 1.08a (1.07 – 1.09) 0.97ns (0.89 – 1.06) 1.17a (1.15 – 1.19) 1.03ns (0.93 – 1.14) 1.12 a (1.11 – 1.14) 1.00ns (0.92 – 1.0)
 Disorganization 1.33a (1.31 – 1.34) 1.46a (1.35 – 1.59) 1.41a (1.39 – 1.43) 1.35a (1.22 – 1.48) 1.41 a (1.40 – 1.43) 1.56 a (1.44 – 1.69)
 Transitions & mobility 1.14a (1.12 – 1.15) 1.20a (1.10 – 1.30) 1.28a (1.26 – 1.30) 1.36 a (1.24 – 1.49) 1.23 a (1.21 – 1.24) 1.21 a (1.12 – 1.32)
 Laws & norms 2.04a (2.02 – 2.07) 2.00a (1.81 – 2.21) 2.06a (2.02 – 2.09) 1.93 a (1.73 – 2.16) 2.20 a (2.17 – 2.23) 2.07 a (1.88 – 2.28)
 Availability of drug/arms 2.60a (2.56 – 2.63) 2.49a (2.25 – 2.76) 2.48a (2.44– 2.53) 2.20a (1.97 – 2.47) 2.89 a (2.85– 2.94) 2.62 a (2.37 – 2.89)
Family
 Family attachment 0.75a (0.74 – 0.76) 0.82a (0.74 – 0.90) 0.70a (0.69 –0.71) 0.70a (0.63 –0.78) 0.71 a (0.82 –0.84) 0.78 a (0.65 –0.78)
 + Family opportunities & rewards 0.72a (0.71 – 0.73) 0.80a (0.73 – 0.87) 0.69a (0.68 – 0.70) 0.73a (0.66 – 0.81) 0.70 a (0.72 – 0.74) 0.79 a (0.66 – 0.79)
 Family rewards + involvement 0.72a (0.71 – 0.73) 0.76a (0.69 – 0.83) 0.67a (0.66 – 0.68) 0.69 a (0.62 – 0.77) 0.69 a (1.11 – 1.14) 0.77 a (0.64 – 0.77)
 − Family support 1.62a (1.60 – 1.64) 1.52a (1.39 – 1.66) 1.54a (1.52 – 1.56) 1.54 a (1.39 – 1.70) 1.60 a (1.40 – 1.43) 1.83 a (1.54 – 1.83)
 − Family discipline 1.89a (1.87 – 1.92) 1.84 a (1.66 – 2.03) 1.70a (1.67 – 1.73) 1.65 a (1.47 – 1.84) 1.96 a (1.21 – 1.24) 2.07 a (1.71 – 2.07)
 Family conflict 1.41a (1.39 – 1.43) 1.37 a (1.25 – 1.50) 1.41a (1.39 – 1.44) 1.38 a (1.24 – 1.53) 1.43 a (2.17 – 2.23) 1.48 a (1.25 – 1.48)
 Family history of antisocial behavior 2.28a (2.25 – 2.31) 2.33 a (2.10 – 2.57) 2.48a (2.44 – 2.52) 2.19 a (1.96 – 2.46) 2.84 a (2.85 – 2.94) 3.39 a (2.74 – 3.39)
 Parent attitudes to ATOD use 1.86a (1.84 – 1.88) 1.86 a (1.72 – 2.01) 1.92a (1.89 – 1.94) 1.87a (0.63 – 0.78) 1.90 a (0.82 – 0.84) 2.13 a (1.82 – 2.13)
 Parent attitudes to antisocial behavior 1.62a (1.61 – 1.64) 1.61 a (1.49 – 1.74) 1.52a (1.50 – 1.54) 1.55a (0.66 – 0.81) 1.64 a (0.72 – 0.74) 1.88 a (1.62 – 1.88)
Peer/individual
 Social skills 0.32a (0.32 – 0.33) 0.30 a (0.27 – 0.33) 0.36a (0.35 –0.37) 0.39a (0.35 –0.43) 0.33 a (0.33 –0.34) 0.34 a (0.31 –0.38)
 Belief in the moral order 0.40a (0.40 – 0.41) 0.39a (0.35 – 0.43) 0.46 a (0.46 – 0.47) 0.46 a (0.41 – 0.51) 0.40 a (0.39 – 0.40) 0.39 a (0.35 – 0.43)
 − Perceived risk for drug use 1.90a (1.88 – 1.92) 1.81 a (1.54 – 1.83) 2.18 a (2.15 – 2.21) 1.68 a (1.64 – 2.00) 2.37 a (2.34 – 2.39) 2.05 a (1.89 – 2.23)
 Initiation of drugs & antisocial behavior 3.12a (3.08 – 3.17) 2.79 a (2.88 – 3.52) 3.12 a (3.07 – 3.17) 3.19 a (2.51 – 3.09) 3.23 a (3.18 – 3.27) 3.11 a (2.83 – 3.43)
 Sensation seeking 2.70a (2.67 – 2.74) 2.19 a (2.55 – 3.09) 2.35 a (2.31 – 2.38) 2.81 a (1.98 – 2.42) 2.53 a (2.49 – 2.56) 2.35 a (2.15 – 2.56)
 Gang involvement 1.41a (1.39 – 1.42) 1.39 a (1.54 – 1.77) 1.43 a (1.42 – 1.45) 1.65 a (1.29 – 1.51) 1.47 a (1.45 – 1.48) 1.59 a (1.49 – 1.71)
 Rebelliousness 1.92a (2.00 – 2.04) 1.97 a (2.01 – 2.42) 1.92 a (1.89 – 1.95) 2.20 a (1.78 – 2.18) 1.93 a (1.91 – 1.96) 2.11 a (1.93 – 2.30)
 Friends’ delinquent behavior 1.79a (1.72 – 1.75) 1.67 a (1.77 – 2.05) 1.79 a (1.77 – 1.81) 1.90 a (1.55 – 1.80) 2.00 a (1.98 – 2.02) 2.05 a (1.90 – 2.22)
 Friends’ use of drugs 3.97a (3.23 – 3.31) 3.13 a (2.93 – 3.58) 3.97 a (3.90 – 4.04) 3.24 a (2.81 – 3.50) 4.70 a (4.62 – 4.77) 4.12 a (3.71 – 4.58)
 Peer rewards for antisocial behavior 1.63a (1.70 – 1.73) 1.74 a (1.66 – 1.93) 1.63 a (1.61 – 1.65) 1.79 a (1.60 – 1.88) 1.75 a (1.73 – 1.77) 1.86 a (1.72 – 2.00)
 + Attitudes to antisocial behavior 2.09a (2.19 – 2.25) 2.11 a (2.26 – 2.69) 2.09 a (2.06 – 2.12) 2.47 a (1.93 – 2.32) 2.32 a (2.29 – 2.35) 2.52 a (2.31 – 2.75)
 + Attitudes to ATOD use 3.30a (3.12 – 3.20) 3.09 a (3.07 – 3.72) 3.30 a (3.25 – 3.35) 3.38 a (2.79 – 3.42) 3.94 a (3.88 – 3.99) 3.47 a (3.15 – 3.81)
School
 School opportunities + involvement 0.73a (0.72 – 0.74) 0.74 a (0.68 – 0.81) 0.71 a (0.70 – 0.72) 0.79 a (0.72 – 0.87) 0.71 a (0.71 – 0.72) 0.77 a (0.71 – 0.84)
 School rewards + involvement 0.69a (0.68 – 0.70) 0.62 a (0.57 – 0.68) 0.69 a (0.68 – 0.70) 0.70 a (0.63 – 0.77) 0.68 a (0.67 – 0.69) 0.67 a (0.62 – 0.73)
 − Academic performance 1.48a (1.46 – 1.50) 1.39 a (1.27 – 1.51) 2.07 a (2.04 – 2.11) 1.89 a (1.71 – 2.10) 1.73 a (1.71 – 1.76) 1.67 a (1.54 – 1.82)
 Low school commitment 1.96a (1.94 – 1.99) 1.93 a (1.76 – 2.11) 2.15 a (2.11 – 2.18) 1.86 a (1.68 – 2.06) 2.08 a (2.05 – 2.11) 1.87 a (1.71 – 2.04)

Note. ATOD= Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native. The models include age and gender as covariates. The coefficients listed are odds ratios,

a

= p <.001;

b

= p <.01;

c

= p<.05;

ns

= p ≥ .05.

PF

= Protective factor;

RF

= Risk factor.