Table 4.

Associations between Key Alcohol-Related Variables of the LSUR and LSUR-12 and Hypothesized Validating Measures

Alcohol-Related Variables, Sample Sizes Used for Hypothesis Tests, and Descriptive Statistics e	Expected Medium-to-Large Effect Size			Expected Small-to-Medium Effect Size
	RETROSUB a	Brief MAST b	SCIDc Alcohol Use Disorder	NEO-FFI Neuroticism d	NEO-FFI Conscientiousness d
Age at onset of weekly alcohol use (17.5±4.0)	N/A	N/A	t=1.20 p=.245 (d=.486) n=27	ρ=−.42 8 p=.029 n=26	ρ=.304 p=.136 n=26
Lifetime alcohol dose (4,021±8,652)	ρ=.589 p<.001 n=43	ρ=.497 p<.001 n=49	U=59.0 p<.001 (θ=.105) n=54	ρ=.182 p=.211 n=49	ρ=−.269 p=.061 n=49
Alcohol-related problem behaviors (7.3±18.8)	N/A	ρ=.559 p<.001 n=48	U=73.5 p<.001 (θ=.135) n=53	ρ=.376 p=.008 n=49	ρ=−.267 p=.063 n=49
Past 12-week alcohol dose (62±209)	ρ=.661 p<.001 n=46	N/A	N/A	ρ=.188 p=.187 n=51	ρ=−.151 p=.291 n=51

^aRetrospective Use of Alcohol and Other Substances.

^bMichigan Alcoholism Screening Test, Brief Version

^cStructured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders

^dNeuroticism, Extraversion, Openness Five-Factor Inventory

^eMean and standard deviation