Research Article

Longitudinal Impact of the Project PATHS on Adolescent Risk Behavior: What Happened after Five Years?

Table 1

Number of collected questionnaires across waves.

N (School)Wave 1Wave 2Wave 3Wave 4Wave 5Wave 6Wave 7Wave 8
4847a44b44c43434343

No. of participants7,8467,3886,9396,6976,8766,73365486492
Control Group3,7973,6543,7653,6983,7573,72736693640
Male1,9361,8761,8961,8881,8741,8941,8941,865
Female1,6131,6191,6661,5991,6821,6791,6891,716
Experimental Group4,0493,7343,1742,9993,1193,0062,8792,852
Male2,1541,9981,6911,5481,6321,5911,5361,533
Female1,7451,5711,2831,2591,3121,2781,2251,272
% of successfully matched98%96%97%98%99%97%93%91%

a1 Experimental school ( 𝑛 = 2 0 7 ) had withdrawn after Wave 1.
b3 Experimental schools ( 𝑛 = 6 2 9 ) had withdrawn after Wave 2.
c1 Experimental school ( 𝑛 = 7 1 ) had withdrawn after Wave 4.