Table 3.

Alcohol-related functioning and social context and coping predictors of 3-year remission (n = 461) and of 16-year relapse (n = 276).

	3-Year remission		16-Year relapse
Characteristic	Partial corr	Betas	Partial corr	Betas
Help group (1=helped)	–	0.68**	–	–0.06
Demographics and life history
Gender (1=female)	0.13**	0.75**	–0.02	–
Age	0.14**	0.04**	–0.09	–
Education (years)	0.10*	–	–0.14**	–0.15**
Employed (1 = yes)	–0.04	–	–0.17**	–0.71*
Drinking patterns
Lifetime Drinking problems	–0.04	–	–0.31**	–0.08*
Alcohol use (freq)	–0.09	–	0.28**	0.26**
Alcohol use (max)	–0.14**	–	0.16**	–
Coping
Drink to reduce tension	–0.13**	–0.86*	0.20**	–
Constant		–1.16		3.09
Nagelkerke R2		0.12		0.27

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.