Table 2.
Participant characteristics.
| Control Group (n = 38) |
MA Group (n= 33) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) a | 34.61 ± 11.52 | 32.39 ± 7.98 | 0.358 |
| Sex (M/F) b | 26/12 | 25/8 | 0.493 |
| Education | 14.16 ± 2.06 | 11.94 ± 1.56 | 0.000 |
| Number of smokers b | 15 | 31 | 0.001 |
| PPI- Total | 48.14 ± 8.432 | 55.82 ± 9.10 | 0.001 |
| PPI-1 | 157.94 ± 20.67 | 157.55 ± 19.72 | 0.935 |
| PPI-2 | 186.44 ± 26.55 | 217.09 ± 34.48 | 0.000 |
| Machiavellian Egocentricity | 45.61 ± 9.61 | 51.21 ± 12.55 | 0.040 |
| Rebellious Non-conformity | 49.14 ± 8.82 | 54.58 ± 9.85 | 0.018 |
| Blame Externalization | 47.94 ± 10.27 | 56.52 ± 9.93 | 0.001 |
| Carefree Non-planning | 43.75 ± 9.98 | 54.79 ± 11.94 | 0.000 |
| Social Influence | 52.03 ± 8.48 | 52.67 ± 10.64 | 0.783 |
| Fearlessness | 50.83 ± 9.88 | 56.45 ± 9.39 | 0.018 |
| Stress Immunity | 55.08 ± 8.98 | 48.42 ± 9.79 | 0.004 |
| Cold Heartedness | 47.78 ± 9.84 | 48.91 ± 9.27 | 0.625 |
| Total Convictions | 0.55 ± 0.76 | 11.64 ± 14.79 | 0.000 |
| Acquisitive offenses | 0.13 ± 0.41 | 7.15 ± 13.21 | 0.002 |
| Drug offenses | 0.18 ± 0.46 | 3.00 ± 4.77 | 0.001 |
| Violent offenses | 0.16 ± 0.37 | 0.79 ± 2.10 | 0.074 |
| Months Incarcerated | 2.38 ± 7.37 | 44.45 ± 65.38 | 0.000 |
| Anxiety Score (GAD-7) | 2.13 ± 2.65 | 5.39 ± 4.75 | 0.001 |
| Age of MA first use | 18.58 ± 6.04 | ||
| Years of MA use | 10.30 ± 6.58 | ||
| Average use (grams)/day | 1.57 ± 1.16 |
a
Data shown are means ± Standard Deviations.
b
Data analyzed with Chi-squared test (X2).