Table 4.
Day-level multilevel regression results for the moderating effect of motives on the negative affect-drinking associations
| Any Drinking | Drinks per Drinking Day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | t | p | B | t | p | |
| PC Daily Depress | −0.118 | −2.676 | .008 | −0.110 | −1.167 | .244 |
| PC Daily Depress × DTC | 0.047 | 0.712 | .476 | 0.114 | 0.691 | .489 |
| PC Daily Depress × DTSE | −0.046 | −0.793 | .428 | −0.268 | −2.080 | .037 |
| PC Daily Depress × DTC × DTSE | −0.018 | −0.330 | .741 | −0.002 | −0.025 | .980 |
| PC Daily Anxiety | −0.106 | −2.429 | .015 | 0.132 | 1.512 | .130 |
| PC Daily Anxiety × DTC | 0.008 | 0.127 | .899 | −0.058 | −0.431 | .666 |
| PC Daily Anxiety × DTSE | −0.009 | −0.154 | .878 | −0.078 | −0.705 | .480 |
| PC Daily Anxiety × DTC × DTSE | −0.004 | −0.064 | .949 | 0.055 | 0.484 | .628 |
Note. PC = Person-mean centered; DTC = Drinking to cope; DTSE = Drinking to socialize and enhance. Depress = depressive affect; Bs = unstandardized beta coefficients.