Table 3.

Relationships among low, medium, and high strategy use and alcohol consumption.

Strategy use factors	Ave. drinks/week aMean (SD)	Ave. BAC aMean (SD)	Heaviest BAC aMean (SD)
Selective Avoidance a	F(2, 247) = 2.22	F(2, 237) = 2.39	F(2, 244) = 1.59
Low	15.92 (13.86)	0.04 (0.03)	0.17 (0.10)
Medium	12.69 (10.47)	0.04 (0.03)	0.17 (0.10)
High	11.48 (10.93)	0.03 (0.04)	0.15 (0.11)
Strategies While Drinking	F(2, 247) = 21.33***	F(2, 237) = 10.74***	F(2, 244) = 5.10**
Low	8.36 (10.26)	0.03 (0.03)	0.14 (0.11)
Medium	17.46 (12.97)	0.05 (0.03)	0.18 (0.09)
High	14.16 (10.39)	0.04 (0.04)	0.17 (0.11)
Alternatives	F(2, 247) = 4.04*	F(2, 237) = 3.30*	F(2, 244) = 0.85
Low	15.34 (12.94)	0.04 (0.03)	0.17 (0.10)
Medium	14.06 (11.92)	0.04 (0.03)	0.16 (0.09)
High	10.88 (10.15)	0.03 (0.03)	0.15 (0.11)

Note: Analyses based on transformed variables; raw means and standard deviations reported in table.

^aDenotes square-root transformed variables.

^***p < 0.001

^**p < 0.01

^*p < 0.05