Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2007 Mar 7;32(10):2358–2364. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.02.003

Table 3.

Alcohol use and life satisfaction across motivation subgroups

Precontemplation
Contemplation
Action
Group differences
(n=12)
(n=14)
(n=23)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Alcohol Measures
Drinking occasions 7.08 (4.64) 13.21 (8.85) 9.65 (6.98)# C>P
Drinks per week 12.10 (5.97) 30.80 (16.29) 29.35 (21.04)* C, A>P
Binge episodes 3.17 (2.82) 11.38 (7.77) 7.83 (7.48)* C, A>P
RAPI score 3.10 (3.25) 17.92 (13.29) 12.70 (11.85)* C, A>P
Life satisfaction
General 28.82 (3.54) 22.69 (6.88) 23.05 (7.96)# P>A, C
Social 28.64 (6.12) 25.77 (5.95) 26.86 (7.16) -
Education 29.90 (2.33) 25.69 (4.85) 26.63 (3.68)* P>A, C
Family 31.91 (3.27) 28.23 (8.09) 27.91 (7.68) -
Relationships 25.50 (6.54) 20.00 (10.50) 23.89 (8.46) -
Future 27.82 (4.49) 22.08 (6.99) 23.45 (4.99)* P>A, C
#

p<.10 results refer to the overall group differences from the ANOVA.

*

p<.05 results refer to the overall group differences from the ANOVA.

**

p<.01 results refer to the overall group differences from the ANOVA.

Group differences are based on post-hoc analyses and a report for all results are at p>.10 or below.

HHS Vulnerability Disclosure