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. 2020 Mar 10;8(3):e16240. doi: 10.2196/16240

Table 8.

Digit symbol substitution task: multilevel model of marijuana high in relation to number of correct responses.

Effects DSSTa number of correct responses (n=60)

Estimate SE 95% CI P value
Fixed effects

Person level (level 2)


Intercept 5.81 9.95 N/Ab .56


Session 0.25 0.02 N/A .001c


Session2 (quadratic) −0.00 0 N/A .001c


Subjective high (PMd) −6.83 2.38 N/A .004c


Distraction (PM) 18.78 7.66 N/A .01e


Subjective high (PM) × distraction (PM) 4.62 1.81 N/A .01e


Gender (0=male, 1=female) −0.23 1.34 N/A .86


Age (0=age 20) −0.40 0.38 N/A .29


Full-scale IQ (0=IQ score of 110) −0.09 0.13 N/A .47

Session level (level 1)


Subjective high (CCf) −0.18 0.07 N/A .01e


Distraction (CC) −0.86 0.22 N/A .001c


Subjective high (CC) × distraction (CC) 0.08 0.04 N/A .07
Random effects

Level 1 residual variance 24.66 0.7 23.33 to 26.08 N/A

Intercept 23.21 4.37 16.04 to 33.57 N/A

aDSST: digit symbol substitution task.

bNot applicable.

cP<.01.

dPM: person mean scores, reflecting individual differences in subjective marijuana high or distraction across all sessions.

eP<.05.

fCC: constant-centered scores (centered at 0), reflecting session-to-session variation in scores or session-specific scores.