The validity and reliability of the Mandarin Chinese version of the drug abuse screening test among adolescents in Taiwan

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

Variable	Drug user		Nonuser		t/ χ²	p
Variable	n	mean (±SD)/ %	n	mean (±SD)/ %
Age	47	17.40 (±1.50)	51	16.12 (±0.68)	5.39	<0.001
Gender					8.58	0.003
Male	43	89.58	33	64.71
Female	5	10.42	18	35.29
Education level of the primary guardian					1.20	0.274
Junior high school or below	15	31.25	11	21.57
High school and above	33	68.75	40	78.43
Family structure					0.00	0.968
Living with parents	33	70.21	36	70.59
Other^a	14	29.79	15	29.41
Communication style					7.20	0.007
Discussion-based	28	59.57	42	84.00
Other^b	19	40.43	8	16.00
Regular user					--	--
Yes	34	69.39	0	0.00
No	15	30.61	51	100.00
DAST-20 score	49	7.22 (±3.67)	51	0.78 (±1.03)	11.85	<0.001

Note
Continuous variables (age and DAST-20 score) were tested using t test; df of age = 54; df of DAST-20 score = 54
Categorical variables (gender, educational level of the primary guardian, family structure, communication style and regular user) were tested using chi-test; df = 1
^aIncluding single-parent, grandparent families, and so on ^b Including authoritarian and permissive styles

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