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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prof Psychol Res Pr. 2021 Feb 22;52(2):130–136. doi: 10.1037/pro0000361

Table 1.

Survey Responses by Adolescent Externalizing, Internalizing, Legal, and Substance Use Problems

Externalizing Internalizing Legal Substance Use Overall
No
n=139
Yes
n=272
No
n=201
Yes
n=210
No
n=307
Yes
n=104
No
n=252
Yes
n=159
N=411
% % % % % % % % %
EBT definition
  Correct definition 79.1 79.8 82.1 77.1 80.1 77.9 81.7 76.1 79.6
Principle underlying EBT
  Prefer proven therapy 63.3 53.7 63.2 51.0* 60.9 45.2* 59.9 52.2 56.9
Preferred EBT term #1
  Therapy based on evidence 57.6 57.0 57.2 57.1 57.3 56.7 54.8 61.0 57.2
  Therapy based on research 28.8 25.7 29.9 23.8 27.4 25.0 31.3 19.5* 26.8
  Therapy based on science 2.2 5.1 3.0 5.2 2.3 9.6* 3.2 5.7 4.1
Preferred EBT term #2
  Proven therapy 15.1 11.8 14.9 11.0 14.7 7.7 13.9 11.3 12.9
  Successful therapy 19.4 17.3 20.4 15.7 17.6 19.2 17.9 18.2 18.0
  Therapy that works 23.7 19.5 20.9 21.0 20.5 22.1 20.6 21.4 20.9
  Effective therapy 41.7 51.5 43.8 52.4 47.2 51.0 43.8 49.1 48.2
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
M
(SD)
Therapist Selection
  High-Quality Care 1.24
(0.53)
1.32
(0.60)
1.25
(0.54)
1.33
(0.61)
1.26
(0.55)
1.38
(0.64)
1.26
(0.54)
1.35
(0.63)
1.29
(0.58)
  Accessible 2.43
(0.69)
2.18**
(0.72)
2.34
(0.70)
2.20
(0.73)
2.32
(0.71)
2.12*
(0.73)
2.33
(0.70)
2.17
(0.73)
2.27
(0.72)
  Wait time 2.33
(0.61)
2.50*
(0.63)
2.41
(0.62)
2.47
(0.63)
2.42
(0.61)
2.50
(0.65)
2.41
(0.62)
2.48
(0.62)
2.44
(0.62)

Note.

*

= p < .0125

**

= p < .001

Percentages reflect the proportion of participants in each group who endorsed each response. Therapist Selection factors were ranked, with lower scores indicating a more important factor; EBT = evidence-based therapy