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Table 1 Comparisons of Emotional and Behavioural Problems (raw scores) at Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3 (N = 593)

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

Total

F

YSR/YASR Secondary Scales

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

(df = 1)

Time 1

(N = 30)

(N = 563)

 

Internalizing

10.82

6.34

9.05

6.27

2.47

Externalizing

15.24

5.96

9.58

5.73

32.13***

Time 2

(N = 155)

(N = 438)

 

Internalizing

11.40

7.91

9.89

7.24

4.82*

Externalizing

13.68

6.23

8.84

5.12

99.59***

Time 3

(N = 290)

(N = 303)

 

Internalizing

8.59

6.55

8.39

6.72

0.23

Externalizing

8.52

5.60

5.23

3.87

61.46***

  1. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001