Table 3.
Mean comparisons between latent classes on personal beliefs and coping styles.
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | |
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| Demographic Factors | ||||
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| Age | 19.762a | 20.172ab | 20.576b | 20.878b |
| Percentage of Females | 67%a | 55%b | 50%bc | 37%c |
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| Impulsivity-like Traits | ||||
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| Premeditation | 2.881a | 2.824b | 2.861ab | 2.842ab |
| Perseverance | 2.913a | 2.842b | 2.872ab | 2.836ab |
| Sensation-Seeking | 2.840a | 2.852a | 2.871a | 2.906a |
| Negative Urgency | 2.370a | 2.409a | 2.373a | 2.403a |
| Positive Urgency | 2.053a | 2.085a | 2.084a | 2.086a |
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| SURPS Personality Traits | ||||
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| Hopelessness | 1.869a | 1.927b | 1.881ab | 1.920ab |
| Anxiety Sensitivity | 2.545a | 2.504ab | 2.438b | 2.405b |
| Impulsivity | 2.146a | 2.173a | 2.139a | 2.953a |
| Sensation-Seeking | 2.837a | 2.892a | 2.906a | 2.086a |
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| Sensation Seeking Facets | ||||
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| Risk Seeking | 2.991a | 3.117b | 3.045ab | 3.136ab |
| Experience Seeking | 3.912a | 3.902a | 3.891a | 3.926a |
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| Emotion Regulation Facets | ||||
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| Nonacceptance | 2.299a | 2.316a | 2.189a | 2.307a |
| Goals | 2.945a | 2.879a | 2.910a | 2.836a |
| Impulse | 2.056a | 2.106a | 2.063a | 2.015a |
| Aware | 2.505a | 2.498a | 2.444a | 2.390a |
| Strategies | 2.224a | 2.260a | 2.212a | 2.212a |
| Clarity | 2.360a | 2.406a | 2.368a | 2.287a |
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| Marijuana-related Perceptions | ||||
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| Descriptive Norms-Typical | 7.911a | 10.070b | 13.340c | 15.545c |
| Descriptive Norms-Heaviest | 8.345a | 12.093b | 17.372c | 19.647c |
| Injunctive Norms-Best Friends | 5.032a | 5.785b | 6.099c | 6.243c |
| Injunctive Norms-College Students | 5.152a | 5.267a | 5.328a | 5.332a |
| Injunctive Norms-Parent | 2.209a | 2.717b | 3.242c | 3.284c |
| Internalized Norms | 2.476a | 2.802b | 2.850bc | 2.975c |
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| Motives | ||||
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| Social Motives | 2.577a | 2.826b | 2.901b | 3.056b |
| Coping Motives | 2.027a | 2.521b | 2.687b | 2.736b |
| Enhancement Motives | 3.508a | 3.914b | 4.041b | 4.121b |
| Conformity Motives | 1.491a | 1.482a | 1.415a | 1.360a |
| Expansion Motives | 2.199a | 2.893b | 3.083b | 3.043b |
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| Other Factors | ||||
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| Marijuana User Identification | 1.729a | 3.040b | 3.794c | 4.219d |
| Protective Behavioral Strategies | 4.425a | 3.758b | 3.299c | 2.862d |
Note. Means sharing a subscript in a row indicate means that are not significantly different from each other. For gender, values represent percentage of females within the class.