Table 2. Bivariate Associations and More Alcohol-Related Characteristics.
| Alcohol Problems | Percent Heavy Drinking Daysa, b | Percent Days Abstinenta, b | Drinks per Drinking Daya, b | Psychiatric Distress | Social Support | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgiveness | |||||||
| of Self | Base | -.38*** | -.26*** | .17* | -.21** | -.44*** | .22** |
| FU | -.26** | -.13 | .04 | -.10 | -.36*** | .16 | |
| Base/FU | -.24** | -.04 | -.00 | -.01 | -.35*** | .06 | |
| of Others | Base | -.31*** | -.16* | .20* | -.10 | -.29** | -.05 |
| FU | -.07 | -.07 | .04 | -.07 | -.29** | .06 | |
| Base/FU | -.13 | .01 | .03 | .02 | -.30*** | -.01 | |
| by God | Base | -.15 | -.21* | .20* | -.17* | -.20* | -.05 |
| FU | -.13 | -.10 | .10 | -.05 | -.17 | -.01 | |
| Base/FU | .02 | .04 | -.09 | .10 | -.11 | -.03 | |
| Psychiatric Distress | |||||||
| Base | .46*** | .27*** | -.28*** | .22** | -- | -.18* | |
| FU | .47*** | .14 | -.18 | .16 | -- | -.23* | |
| Base/FU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Social Support | |||||||
| Base | -.08 | -.02 | -.04 | -.01 | -.18* | -- | |
| FU | -.23* | -.11 | .19* | -.19* | -.23* | -- | |
| Base/FU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Base | M | 20.56 | 26.97 | 68.56 | 8.30 | -- | -- |
| (SD) | (12.26) | (27.24) | (27.20) | (5.95) | -- | -- | |
| Skewness | .15 | .69 | -.48 | .67 | -- | -- | |
| FU | M | 6.66 | 5.30 | 90.91 | 3.19 | -- | -- |
| (SD) | (9.77) | (14.59) | (20.18) | (9.02) | -- | -- | |
| Skewness | 2.00 | 3.60 | -2.67 | 7.67 | -- | -- | |
a
in last 90 days
b
Follow-up based correlations employ Spearman's rho, due to Skewness > 2
Base = Baseline (n=142-149)
FU = Follow-Up (n=111-118)
Base/FU = Baseline to Follow-Up (n=112-118)
Effect size (strength of association) of r: .10=small, .30=medium, .50=large (Cohen, 1988)
*
p ≤ .05; ** p ≤ .01; *** p ≤ .001; **** p ≤ .0001