TABLE 2.
Factor Loadings for Psychosocial Drinking Inventory (PDI) Items at College Entry (T1) and End of Freshman Year (T2)
| Social Influences |
Stress Reduction |
Sensation Seeking |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDI item | T1a | T2b | T1c | T2d | T1e | T2f |
| If I were at a party and other people were drinking | .86 | .83 | ||||
| If I were out with friends and they stopped by a bar for a drink | .82 | .84 | ||||
| If I were at a restaurant and the people with me ordered drinks | .81 | .75 | ||||
| If someone I was interested in dating asked me to go for a drink | .79 | .78 | ||||
| If I were at a party where most people were older than me | .76 | .72 | ||||
| If friends were talking about how good a new drink tasted | .74 | .70 | ||||
| If my date was drinking | .73 | .75 | ||||
| If drinking-associated violations were not always reported or enforced on or off campus | .70 | .73 | ||||
| If my parents and I had often discussed the risks of drinking at college | .64 | .65 | ||||
| If my friends brought a 6-pack into my room | .63 | .64 | ||||
| If I were angry | .79 | .81 | ||||
| If I were feeling depressed | .75 | .83 | ||||
| If I felt I had let myself down | .75 | .72 | ||||
| If other people were treating me unfairly | .73 | .72 | ||||
| If other students did not seem to like me | .72 | .72 | ||||
| If I were worried about family problems at home | .71 | .75 | ||||
| If I felt my professors were too demanding | .67 | .76 | ||||
| If I had an argument with my roommate | .66 | .67 | ||||
| If my grades were poor despite my efforts | .62 | .72 | ||||
| If I had trouble sleeping | .46 | .62 | ||||
| If there were a risk that my money would be stolen if I got drunk | .76 | .73 | ||||
| If there were a risk that I might be sexually or physically assaulted if I got drunk | .74 | .79 | ||||
| If the neighborhood bars would prevent other students from drinking if I behaved in a drunken manner | .73 | .73 | ||||
| If my friends would get in trouble if I brought alcohol into their room | .72 | .71 | ||||
| If I knew that when I drink, I get very loud in a way that disturbs others | .72 | .68 | ||||
| If violations associated with drinking (such as vandalism, fighting, or DWIs) would be placed in my permanent school record | .69 | .59 | ||||
| If there were a chance I would take sexual risks when I got drunk | .67 | .70 | ||||
| If I knew I sometimes start fights or arguments with my friends when I drink | .66 | .68 | ||||
| If I knew my parents would be hurt if they found out I had been guilty of an alcohol violation | .64 | .65 | ||||
| If my drinking would prevent my roommate from studying | .62 | .57 | ||||
| If my drinking would hurt the school's reputation | .61 | .67 | ||||
Note. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy at T1 = .932; at T2 = .951. Bartlett's test of sphericity at T1 = 6,654 (df = 561), p < .001; at T2 = 9,583 (df = 561), p < .001. Students used a 5-point Likert-type scale to rate how likely they were to drink in response to different situations (1 = extremely unlikely to drink, 5 = extremely likely to drink).
a
eigenvalue = 11.28, α = .94.
b
eigenvalue = 13.53, α = .94.
c
eigenvalue = 2.64, α = .89.
d
eigenvalue = 2.32, α = .93.
e
eigenvalue = 3.98, α = .91.
f
eigenvalue = 3.28, α = .93.