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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Mar;24(1):38–47. doi: 10.1037/a0017530

Table 3.

Month-level multilevel regression results for drinking quantity as a function of negative affect and drinking motives


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B t p B t p
Mean Depress 0.358 1.074 .284 −0.892 −2.512 .013
Age −0.084 −1.823 .068 −0.230 −5.830 <.001
Sex −0.920 −9.201 <.001 −0.770 −9.274 .000
DTC −0.220 −1.176 .241 0.069 0.415 .678
DTSE 1.310 8.673 <.001 1.262 9.699 <.001
PC Depress −0.095 −0.635 .525 0.270 0.980 .328
DTC × DTSE −0.044 −0.145 .885 −0.111 −0.972 .332
PC Depress × DTC 0.412 1.084 .279 0.750 1.730 .083
PC Depress × DTSE −0.651 −1.603 .109 0.028 0.080 .936
PC Depress × DTC × DTSE −0.412 −1.680 .093 −0.546 −2.257 .024

Mean Anxiety 0.182 0.691 .490 −0.805 −3.324 .001
Age −0.090 −1.988 .047 −0.232 −5.809 <.001
Sex −0.924 −9.185 <.001 −0.776 −9.405 <.001
DTC −0.183 −1.013 .312 0.163 0.977 .329
DTSE 1.297 8.571 <.001 1.199 9.157 <.001
PC Anxiety −0.051 −0.202 .840 −0.065 −0.253 .800
DTC × DTSE −0.088 −0.586 .558 −0.140 −1.222 .223
PC Anxiety × DTC 0.076 0.167 .867 −0.176 −0.454 .649
PC Anxiety × DTSE −0.510 −1.436 .151 0.159 0.486 .627
PC Anxiety × DTC × DTSE −0.068 −0.220 .826 −0.080 −0.284 .776

Note. PC = Person-mean centered; DTC = Drinking to cope; DTSE = Drinking to socialize and enhance. Depress = depressive affect; Sex: males = −1, females = 1; Bs = unstandardized beta coefficients.

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