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. 2008 Sep;69(5):649–659. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.649

TABLE 3.

Single- and multiple-domain regression results for Young Adult Alcohol Symptom Scale (see also Figure 1)

Domain (n) R2 Variable Estimated coefficient Estimated SE
Demographic Characteristics (141) .04 Gender*a 1.05 0.42
Child/Adolescent Alcohol Involvement (141) .15 Ch/adol alcohol sx count 0.50 0.10
Biological Risk (115) .19 SRE (alcohol sensitivity) 0.43 0.09
GABRA2: rs279826*b 1.31 0.53
Externalizing Behaviors (141) .18 CD symptom scale 0.56 0.10
Family Environment (123) .18 Relationship with fatherc 1.81 0.46
Family type*> d 1.06 0.41
Multiple-domain (final model) (108) .31 Relationship with fatherc 1.68 0.45
Ch/adol alcohol sx count 0.39 0.10
SRE (alcohol sensitivity) 0.28 0.09

Notes: Ch/Adol = Child/Adolescent; sx = symptom; SRE = Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol; CD = conduct disorder.

a

Male gender was associated with more alcohol symptoms than was female gender;

b

dominant (at least one high-risk allele vs no high-risk alleles);

c

a fair/poor (negative) relationship with father was associated with more alcohol symptoms than was a good/excellent (positive) relationship;

d

membership in a high-risk family was associated with more alcohol symptoms than was membership in a comparison family.

*

p < .05;

p < .01;

p < .001.