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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2013 Mar 25;27(3):562–572. doi: 10.1037/a0031915

Table 3.

Significant R/S and Risk Factors Across 3 Stages of Progression to Alcoholism

Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Time to drink 1
Drink 1 to at-risk use
At-risk use to AD
Age z-score Period z-score Period z-score
Demographic characteristics
 Dad’s education > 12 years
 Dad’s education —
 Mom’s education > 12 years all +2.29
 Mom’s education — 1–14 −3.28 all +2.86 all +2.56
15–17 −2.95
 Higher income ≥ $62,500 all +2.65
 Lower income ≤ $25,500 1–11 2.36
12–30 −3.07
 Offspring age ≥ 21 years all −2.58 all −3.57
 Offspring race = African American 0–2 yrs −7.40
3–5 yrs −2.93
Risk factors
 Early onset ≤ 14 years all +2.66
 Late onset ≥ 18 years
 ADHD 1–17 +4.07
 ODD [Time-variant] all +2.26
 CD [Time-variant] 1–14 +2.70 all +2.54
 MDD [Time-variant] 1–14 +3.97 all +2.44
 PTSD 1–14 +4.08
 Phobia all +2.16
 Traumatic event (life at risk in an accident, disaster, witnessed a killing, raped, molested, physically attacked, abused, neglected, threat with weapon or kidnapped) [Time-variant] 1–17 +2.94 all +2.44
 Inconsistent rules when parented
 Parent–child arguments (often)
 Parental divorce or separation 1–14 +6.30
15–30 +4.48
Religion/spiritual variables
 Attendance (current) all −12.45 all −3.66
 Motivation-devotion all −2.48
 Existential well-being all −2.68
 Rules against any alcohol use all −2.17
 Raised with a differentiating type of affiliation
 Differentiating affiliation (current) all −4.91
 Accommodating affiliation (current) all +2.54
 Catholic affiliation (current) 12–30 +4.04 0–2 yrs +3.69
6+ yrs +4.57
 No affiliation (current)– reference group

Note. Positive z-scores reflect a higher hazard ratio, an increase in risk, an accelerated transition; negative z-scores reflect lower hazard ratios, a decrease in risk, a delayed transition (a protective effect). Positive z-scores are set in italic. Negative z-scores are underlined.