Table 2.
| Long-Term Abstinent Alcoholics (LTAA) | Treatment-Naïve Active Alcoholics (TxN) | Combined Non- Alcoholic Controls (NAC) | Effect Size (%) c,d | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=28) | Women (n=24) | Men (n=49) | Women (n=37) | Men (n=53) | Women (n=65) | LTAA vs. NAC | LTAA vs. TxN | TxN vs. NAC | |
| Multivariate Tests | 2.8 | 11.0** | 15.0*** | ||||||
| SSS Subscales | |||||||||
| Disinhibition | 4.4 ± 1.4 | 3.0 ± 1.8 | 4.8 ± 1.5 | 4.6 ± 1.7 | 4.0 ± 1.6 | 3.1 ± 1.2 | 0.2 | 8.6*** | 12.6*** |
| Boredom Susceptibility | 4.3 ± 2.2 | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 4.9 ± 1.8 | 3.7 ± 2.0 | 4.4 ± 1.94 | 3.4 ± 1.8 | 1.5 | 5.3** | 1.2 |
| Thrill/Adventure Seeking | 7.4 ± 2.5 | 5.5 ± 2.6 | 7.5 ± 2.3 | 7.5 ± 2.5 | 6.4 ± 2.5 | 5.5 ± 2.8 | 0.6 | 4.5* | 8.1*** |
| Experience Seeking | 5.0 ± 1.5 | 5.0 ± 1.1 | 5.4 ± 1.5 | 5.4 ± 1.4 | 4.7 ± 1.7 | 4.9 ± 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.1* |
a
Scales were modified to remove all items directly mentioning drug or alcohol use.
b
Measures are reported as mean ± standard deviation.
c
Effect size is the percent of the dependent variable accounted for by the effect (SPSS’s partial eta squared).
d
Effect is significant:
*
p ≤0.05,
**
p ≤0.01,
***
p ≤0.001.