Table 2.
Multilevel Moderated Mediation Results
| Path | Within Person | Between Person |
|---|---|---|
| Negative affect 🡢 Drinks | −0.02 [−0.08, 0.03] | −0.06 [−0.30, 0.19] |
| Negative affect 🡢 Intoxication | −0.03 [−0.06, 0.01] | 0.07 [−0.07, 0.20] |
| Negative affect 🡢 Coping motives | 0.21 [0.18, 0.23]* | 0.59 [0.48, 0.69]* |
| Coping motives 🡢 Drinks | 0.06 [0.02, 0.09]* | 0.07 [−0.11, 0.25] |
| Coping motives 🡢 Intoxication | 0.11 [0.08, 0.13]* | 0.14 [0.04, 0.24]* |
| Positive affect 🡢 Drinks | 0.02 [−0.03, 0.08] | −0.01 [−0.26, 0.25] |
| Positive affect 🡢 Intoxication | 0.001 [−0.037, 0.039] | 0.11 [−0.03, 0.25] |
| Positive affect 🡢 Enhance motives | 0.13 [0.11, 0.16]* | 0.20 [0.04, 0.37]* |
| Enhance motives 🡢 Drinks | 1.00 [0.96, 1.03]* | 0.32 [0.20, 0.44]* |
| Enhance motives 🡢 Intoxication | 0.74 [0.71, 0.76]* | 0.26 [0.20, 0.33]* |
| SA 🡢 Drinks | 0.024 [0.004, 0.026]* | |
| SA 🡢 Intoxication | 0.004 [−0.002, 0.010] | |
| SA 🡢 Coping motives | −0.01 [−0.03, 0.01] | |
| SA 🡢 Enhance motives | 0.03 [−0.05, 0.10] | |
| SA x Negative affect 🡢 Coping motives | 0.012 [0.003, 0.022]* | |
| SA x Positive affect 🡢 Enhance motives | −0.004 [−0.023, 0.015] | |
| Day 🡢 Drinks | 0.005 [0.000, 0.009] | |
| Day 🡢 Intoxication | −0.001 [−0.004, 0.002] | |
| Day 🡢 Coping motives | 0.000 [−0.002, 0.003] | |
| Day 🡢 Enhance motives | 0.001 [−0.002, 0.004] | |
| Weekend 🡢 Drinks | 0.52 [0.43, 0.60]* | |
| Weekend 🡢 Intoxication | 0.26 [0.21, 0.32]* | |
| Weekend 🡢 Coping motives | 0.02 [−0.03, 0.06] | |
| Weekend 🡢 Enhance motives | 0.38 [0.33, 0.43]* | |
| Covariances | ||
| Coping with Enhance motives | 0.13 [0.11, 0.16]* | 0.39 [0.31, 0.48]* |
| Drinks with Intoxication | 1.51 [1.45, 1.57]* | 0.34 [0.27, 0.43]* |
| Indirect Effects | ||
| Negative affect 🡢 Coping motives 🡢 Drinks | 0.012 [0.004, 0.020]* | |
| - in those without SA | 0.04 [−0.06, 0.15] | |
| - in those with SA | 0.05 [−0.07, 0.18] | |
| Negative affect 🡢 Coping motives 🡢 Intoxication | 0.02 [0.02, 0.03]* | |
| - in those without SA | 0.08 [0.02, 0.14]* | |
| - in those with SA | 0.09 [0.02, 0.17]* | |
| Positive affect 🡢 Enhance motives 🡢 Drinks | 0.13 [0.11, 0.16]* | |
| - in those without SA | 0.06 [0.01, 0.13]* | |
| - in those with SA | 0.052 [−0.001, 0.118] | |
| Positive affect 🡢 Enhance motives 🡢 Intoxication | 0.10 [0.08, 0.12]* | |
| - in those without SA | 0.05 [0.01, 0.10]* | |
| - in those with SA | 0.044 [0.000, 0.094] |
Note. SA = sexual assault. Estimates are medians of the posterior distribution, with the 95% credibility intervals in brackets. Indirect effects for those with SA were estimated at the median SA severity for those with SA (a value of 8).
*
effects that are present, indicated by a credibility interval not containing zero.