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Table 2 Comparisons of Psychosocial Correlates of Risk Group and Control Group at Time 1 in 1994

From: Continuity, psychosocial correlates, and outcome of problematic substance use from adolescence to young adulthood in a community sample

 

Problematic Substance Use Group

Control Group

 
 

Total (N = 30)

Total (N = 563)

F

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

(df = 1)

Number of Live Events

7.27

3.69

4.36

2.97

19.22***

Life Events Impact

-8.21

5.32

-4.75

4.34

14.60***

Active Coping

5.06

1.37

4.90

2.20

0.00

Avoidant Coping

2.82

1.21

2.71

2.22

0.79

Self-Esteem

25.78

5.33

26.84

5.71

1.64

Self-Awareness

21.70

5.93

18.70

6.69

3.74

Maternal Acceptance

25.00

6.28

28.40

5.59

9.81**

Maternal Rejection

8.50

5.19

6.61

4.38

8.74**

Maternal Control

12.00

3.37

11.23

3.51

2.75

Paternal Acceptance

26.92

18.03

26.64

7.12

0.04

Paternal Rejection

9.41

14.10

6.66

5.27

6.13*

Paternal Control

10.18

9.16

10.31

4.00

0.00

Competition at School

1.44

0.65

1.18

0.73

4.78*

Controlling Teachers

1.99

0.60

1.58

0.72

11.80**

Possibilities to Participate

2.50

0.75

2.66

0.74

2.74

Performance Stress

1.67

0.84

1.24

0.78

3.48

Peer Acceptance

2.92

0.58

2.79

0.71

0.20

Size of Social Network

21.09

5.57

20.60

6.09

0.13

Efficiency of Social Network

21.90

3.30

22.63

3.17

0.37

  1. Group effect: Wilks Lambda = 0.91; F = 3.12; df = 19/571; p < 0.001
  2. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001