Emerging adults in substance misuse intervention: preintervention characteristics and responses to a motivation-enhancing program

Table 1 Distributions of drinking variables used in the latent transition analysis (N = 1183)

Alcohol use	Preintervention drinking (previous 90 days)		Intentions at postintervention (for next 90 days)		Intentions at postintervention compared to preintervention drinking^a
Alcohol use	%	n	%	n	χ ² (df = 1)	p
Usual daily quantity					533.60	<.001
0 drinks	13.6	159	27.3	318
1–3	22.3	261	50.3	586
4–6	32.8	385	15.8	184
7–9	14.0	164	3.8	44
≥10	17.3	204	2.8	32
Frequency 4–6					448.34	<.001
Never	29.7	348	60.7	712
<Once a week	33.6	393	26.4	310
≥Once a week	36.7	430	12.9	151
Frequency ≥7					389.30	<.001
Never	43.5	504	73.9	862
<Once a week	30.2	350	17.9	209
≥Once a week	26.3	304	8.2	95

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