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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2007 Sep;21(3):338–345. doi: 10.1037/0893-164X.21.3.338

Table 4.

Multivariate regression analyses for strategy variables predicting alcohol consumption.

Ave. Drinks/Week a (N = 250) Ave. BACa (N = 240) Heaviest BACa (N = 247)

Variable B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β
Selective Avoidance -Linear −.45 .09 −.34*** −.02 .01 −.30*** −.02 .01 −.21**
Selective Avoidance - Quadratic - - - - - - −.01 .01 −.07
Strategies While Drinking - Linear .09 .01 .54*** .00 .00 .44*** .00 .00 .32***
Strategies While Drinking - Quadratic −.00 .00 −.30*** −.00 .00 −.29*** −.00 .00 −.22**
Alternatives - Linear −.05 .02 −.15** −.00 .00 −.11 −.00 .00 −.03
Alternatives - Quadratic −.00 .00 −.04 −.00 .00 −.05 −.00 .00 −.13
R2 (Adjusted R2) .29 (.28)*** .22 (.20)*** .15 (.13)***
a

Denotes square-root transformed variables.

***

p < .001

**

p < .01.

*

p < .05.