Table 1.

Demographics and descriptive statistics for predictor variables among a sample of Black women in PTSD/SUD treatment (n = 88)

	Overall (n = 88)		Seeking Safety (n = 40)		Control (n = 48)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Age	41.90	7.72	40.68	8.29	43.22	7.33
Total income in past 30 days	554.83	651.39	581.82	670.03	522.41	637.97
Years of education	12.13	2.09	12.39	2.37	11.89	1.79
Marital statusa
Married	6	6.8	2	5.0	4	8.3
Remarried	1	1.1	1	2.5	0	0.0
Widowed	6	6.8	4	10.0	2	4.2
Separated	19	21.6	7	17.5	12	25.0
Divorced	14	15.9	9	22.5	5	10.4
Never married	42	47.7	17	42.5	25	52.1
Baseline substance use (number of days)	3.04	1.73	3.17	1.52	2.93	1.88
Baseline PTSD severityb	62.40	17.02	63.08	17.10	61.98	16.98
Interpersonal problems	4.20	2.11	4.48	2.15	4.00	2.08
Mental health treatment experiences	3.09	7.26	2.90	6.11	3.19	8.10
Alcohol/drug treatment attempts	6.29	11.36	5.38	5.93	6.94	14.36
Days experiencing mental health problems (past month)	26.51	21.44	26.75	21.95	26.42	21.02
Burden of mental health problems (past month)	5.68	3.22	5.60	3.48	5.71	3.00
Treatment importance	7.28	3.55	7.10	3.55	7.44	3.55
Patient-rated early alliance (week 2, n = 88)	5.21	.499	5.30	.44	5.15	.54
Patient-rated late alliance (week 6, n = 59)	5.11	.757	5.12	.78	5.10	.74
Sessions attended (out of 12)	9.01	2.50	9.42	2.6	8.70	2.4
Treatment feedbackc
Treatment overall			2.86	.59
PTSD and substance use			2.82	.61
PTSD alone			2.71	.66
Substance use alone			2.71	.66
Topic ratings			2.77	.59
Entire scale			2.77	.582

^aValues provided in this category represent n and % of sample.

^bRange = 26 to 104.

^cOnly completed by Seeking Safety participants (n = 28). Possible range of scores: −3 to 3.