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Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2019 Aug 8;14(3):199–206. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000556

Table 5. Impulsivity and Compulsivity of University Students Based on Nonmedical Use of Prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers.

Variable	Students who currently misuse prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers (n= 73)	Students who have misused prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers in the past (n=94)	Students who have never misused prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers (n=3358)	Statistic ANOVA	P-Value	Effect Size Cohen’s d
Cambridge-Chicago Compulsivity Trait Scale Mean (sd)	15.78(16.27)^ab	10.91(14.34)^b	9.14(13.41)^a	F(2,3412)=8.596	<.001 ^*	.2831

Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) Total Score Mean (sd)	66.17(10.37)^a	65.08(11.73)^b	59.12(10.03)^ab	F(2,3184)=30.309	<.001 ^*	.6388
Attentional impulsiveness Mean (sd)	19.14(4.17)^a	18.40(4.48)^b	16.08(3.92)^ab	F(2,3227)=35.116	<.001 ^*	.6725
Non-planning impulsiveness Mean (sd)	25.17(4.56)^a	24.13(5.24)^b	22.85(4.73)^ab	F(2,3271)=10.966	<.001 ^*	.3677
Motor impulsiveness Mean (sd)	22.31(4.67)^a	22.39(4.29)^b	20.22(3.89)^ab	F(2,3285)=22.536	<.001 ^*	.5441

^ab

Post Hoc Bonferroni Test for Significance: The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level Data refer to mean and (standard deviation).

p<0.05 Bonferroni corrected