Table 5.
Hierarchical linear modeling results for anger predicting transformed percentage of days abstinent (PDA) and drinks per drinking day (DDD) for the outpatient and aftercare samplesa
| Variable | b [95% CI] | t (df) | P |
| Outpatient sample | |||
| Baseline PDA | 0.0045 [0.0038, 0.0052] | 12.99 (476) | <.0001 |
| Lagged anger | −0.0037 [−0.0079, 0.0005] | −1.74 (394) | .0822 |
| Lagged Anger × Time | −0.0010 [−0.0068, 0.0047] | −0.35 (403) | .7247 |
| Aftercare sample | |||
| Baseline PDA | 0.0029 [0.0021, 0.0037] | 7.10 (397) | <.0001 |
| Lagged anger | −0.0037 [−0.0080, 0.0006] | −1.70 (328) | .0896 |
| Lagged Anger × Time | 0.0021 [−0.0039, 0.0081] | 0.69 (413) | .4899 |
| Outpatient sample | |||
| Baseline DDD | 0.0188 [0.0100, 0.0276] | 4.20 (296) | <.0001 |
| Lagged anger | 0.0121 [−0.0017, 0.0259] | 1.73 (257) | .0847 |
| Lagged Anger × Time | 0.0155 [−0.0024, 0.0335] | 1.70 (455) | .0901 |
| Aftercare sample | |||
| Baseline DDD | 0.0235 [0.0160, 0.0310] | 6.18 (357) | <.0001 |
| Lagged anger | 0.0148 [−0.0012, 0.0308] | 1.82 (221) | .0700 |
| Lagged Anger × Time | 0.0047 [−0.0170, 0.0263] | 0.43 (408) | .6699 |
a
Control and other variables included in these tested models but not shown above include age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, employment status, number of prior alcohol treatments, treatment assignment, treatment site, Gender x Time, and AA Attendance x Intake Level of Dependent Variable.