Table 3.
MANCOVA between subject effects for (i) drinking level on RT controlling for mood state, age and gender with a gender × drinking level interaction term and (ii) age-related drinking level on RT controlling for gender and mood state.
| Effects | (i) Drinking level (hazardous vs non-hazardous) | (ii) Age-related drinking group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | p | ηp2 | F | p | ηp2 | ||
| Drinking level × gender, F(1,79) | RT | 0.08 | 0.78 | 0.00 | – | – | – |
| RT variability | 0.09 | 0.76 | 0.00 | – | – | – | |
| Choice RT | 4.69 | 0.03 | 0.06 | – | – | – | |
| Fatigue | 0.04 | 0.84 | 0.00 | – | – | – | |
| HADS anxiety, F(1,79) | RT | 0.09 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.83 | 0.01 |
| RT variability | 0.37 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.01 | |
| Choice RT | 1.15 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.68 | 0.41 | 0.01 | |
| Fatigue | 1.66 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 2.02 | 0.16 | 0.03 | |
| HADS depression, F(1,79) | RT | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.01 | 1.72 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
| RT variability | 3.81 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 3.21 | 0.08 | 0.04 | |
| Choice RT | 1.17 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 1.93 | 0.17 | 0.02 | |
| Fatigue | 0.27 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.89 | 0.01 | |
| Age, F(1,79) | RT | 39.68 | 0.01 | 0.33 | – | – | – |
| RT variability | 16.53 | 0.01 | 0.17 | – | – | – | |
| Choice RT | 43.88 | 0.01 | 0.36 | – | – | – | |
| Fatigue | 3.62 | 0.06 | 0.04 | – | – | – | |
| Gender, F(1,79) | RT | 3.68 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 2.94 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
| RT variability | 4.25 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 4.52 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
| Choice RT | 7.48 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 5.86 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| Fatigue | 3.06 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 3.11 | 0.08 | 0.04 | |
| Drinking level, F(1,79), or age-related drinking level, F(3,79) | RT | 0.01 | 0.94 | 0.00 | 6.04 | 0.001 | 0.19 |
| RT variability | 0.08 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 2.77 | 0.05 | 0.10 | |
| Choice RT | 5.61 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 7.91 | 0.001 | 0.23 | |
| Fatigue | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 1.41 | 0.25 | 0.05 | |
MANCOVA: multivariate analysis of covariance; RT: reaction time; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale.