Table 1.
VRSA Participant Intake Characteristics by Condition Assignment
| SAU (n = 201) |
VRSA (n = 201) |
Total (n = 403) |
χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 15% | 17% | 16% | 0.32 | 0.588 |
| Race | 2.25 | 0.528 | |||
| Caucasian | 49% | 48% | 49% | ||
| African American | 19% | 18% | 18% | ||
| Hispanic | 16% | 12% | 14% | ||
| Other/Mixed | 16% | 21% | 19% | ||
| Non-white | 51% | 52% | 51% | 0.02 | 0.921 |
| Age | 1.51 | 0.496 | |||
| 12–14 Years Old | 14% | 14% | 14% | ||
| 15–17 Years Old | 78% | 81% | 79% | ||
| 18–20 Years Old | 8% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Regular Peer Alcohol Use\l | 69% | 66% | 68% | 0.42 | 0.523 |
| Regular Peer Drug Use\2 | 88% | 89% | 89% | 0.05 | 0.875 |
| Current CJ Involvement\3 | 82% | 86% | 84% | 1.10 | 0.340 |
| Controlled Environment\3 | 68% | 72% | 70% | 0.70 | 0.448 |
| Victimized in past year\4 | 29% | 30% | 29% | 0.17 | 0.743 |
| Weekly AOD use\3 | 87% | 83% | 85% | 1.02 | 0.327 |
| Weekly Alcohol Use\3 | 27% | 25% | 26% | 0.32 | 0.650 |
| Weekly Cannabis Use\3 | 77% | 75% | 76% | 0.24 | 0.644 |
| Age of First Use Under 15 | 91% | 88% | 89% | 1.36 | 0.262 |
| Substance Use Severity | 0.13 | 0.942 | |||
| Substance Use\5\7 | 5% | 5% | 5% | ||
| Substance Abuse\5\7 | 15% | 16% | 16% | ||
| Substance Dependence\5\7 | 80% | 79% | 79% | ||
| Any Prior Substance Treatment | 75% | 74% | 74% | 0.01 | 1.000 |
| Any internalizing disorders\7\8 | 54% | 57% | 56% | 0.36 | 0.616 |
| Any externalizing disorders\7 | 73% | 75% | 74% | 0.18 | 0.735 |
| Any MH Treatments\6 | 65% | 71% | 68% | 1.57 | 0.238 |
| Mean(SD) | t | P | |||
| Residential length of stay | 80.08(80.02) | 71.43(52.38) | 75.74(67.65) | 1.28 | 0.200 |
| Pro-Recovery People Index\3 | 14.55(5.42) | 13.93(5.51) | 14.24(5.47) | 1.13 | 0.259 |
| Drug Free Sobriety Activities\3 | 0.41(0.48) | 0.40(0.47) | 0.40(0.47) | 0.15 | 0.878 |
| Substance Abuse Treatment Index\3 | 0.09(0.15) | 0.11(0.19) | 0.10(0.17) | −1.13 | 0.259 |
| Alcohol or Other Drug Use\3 | 0.73(0.34) | 0.72(0.36) | 0.73(0.35) | 0.05 | 0.960 |
| Substance Problem Scale | 5.81(4.61) | 5.16(4.76) | 5.49(4.69) | 1.39 | 0.116 |
Notes. \1 = Spent time in the past year with 1 or more people socially who got drunk weekly; \2 Spent time in the past year with 1 or more people socially who used drugs quarterly; \3 During the past 90 days; \4 Attacked with a weapon, beaten, sexually assaulted, or emotionally abused; \5 Based on selfreport GAIN items that map onto DSM IV criteria; \6 During Lifetime; \7 During past year; \8 Major Depression, generalized anxiety, or traumatic stress disorder; \9 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or conduct disorder.