Table 3.
Means (SDs) and Component Loadings ≥ .40 for each item on the ARS-Future Intention
| M (SD) | Component Loadings
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategie | 1a | 2b | 3c | 4d | 5e | 6f | |
| 1. Leave at least 15 minutes in between each drink | 2.43 (1.2) | .635 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2. Keep track in your head of each drink you have | 3.35 (1.3) | .552 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Keep track of each drink on your cell phone or a piece of paper | 1.55 (1.1) | .460 | −.533 | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Eat a meal before starting to drink | 4.02 (1.1) | – | .435 | – | – | – | .442 |
| 5. Avoid salty foods while drinking | 2.62 (1.2) | .493 | – | – | – | .465 | – |
| 6. Stay away from the refrigerator, keg, or bartender where alcohol is easily available | 2.23 (1.2) | .678 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7. Have a non-alcoholic drink in between each alcoholic drink | 2.04 (1.1) | .656 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. Start off with a at least 1 non-alcoholic drink before you start drinking alcohol | 2.91 (1.4) | .557 | – | – | – | .497 | – |
| 9. Set a limit on the total number of drinks you’ll have before you start drinking | 2.68 (1.3) | .760 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10. Set a predetermined time to stop drinking | 2.59 (1.3) | .726 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11. Sip your drink, rather than gulp or chug | 3.28 (1.1) | .638 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12. Avoid finishing a beer or other drink you don’t want | 3.32 (1.3) | .690 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13. Wait at least 20 minutes past the time you’d normally start drinking | 2.44 (1.1) | .690 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14. Avoid adding more alcohol to a drink you have not finished | 3.33 (1.2) | .676 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15. Avoid starting a new drink until you’ve finished the one you have | 3.70 (1.2) | .634 | .538 | – | – | – | – |
| 16. Avoid drinking out of oversize containers (e.g., fishbowls, boots, giant cups) | 3.51 (1.3) | .590 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17. Set down your drink in between each sip | 2.70 (1.3) | .537 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18. Avoid drinking in rounds (e.g., taking turns buying drinks for a group) | 2.98 (1.3) | .567 | – | – | – | – | −.434 |
| 19. Avoid “catching up” if you start drinking after others | 2.99 (1.2) | .734 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20. Say “no” to offers of drinks you don’t want | 3.43 (1.3) | .677 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21. Accept a drink offer, then set it aside without drinking it | 2.42 (1.2) | .640 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22. Leave the place where you are drinking at a predetermined time | 2.86 (1.2) | .660 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23. Avoid drinking with friends who drink excessively | 2.26 (1.2) | .577 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24. Order a non-alcoholic drink that can pass as an alcoholic drink | 1.98 (1.3) | .609 | −.428 | – | – | – | – |
| 25. Bring a limited amount of spending money with you when you go out to drink | 3.79 (1.2) | .468 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26. Use a single shot glass to measure how much hard liquor goes in each drink | 2.66 (1.3) | .520 | – | .626 | – | – | – |
| 27. Limit the amount of alcohol someone else puts in any drink they make for you | 2.78 (1.3) | .693 | – | .495 | – | – | – |
| 28. Ask the person making your drinks to make them weak | 2.24 (1.2) | .678 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29. Put extra ice in your drink | 2.43 (1.3) | .671 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30. Put extra non-alcoholic mixer in your drink | 2.67 (1.3) | .625 | – | – | −.434 | – | – |
| 31. Avoid drinking straight shots of hard liquor | 2.79 (1.4) | .570 | – | – | – | – | – |
Note. Means and SDs for full sample; ns for items range from 305 to 336 depending on missing data for each specific item. Component loadings calculated for subset of sample who had no missing data on any items (n=224).
a
Component eigenvalue = 11.93; Percent of variance = 38.5
b
Component eigenvalue = 2.25; Percent of variance = 7.3
c
Component eigenvalue = 1.46; Percent of variance = 4.7
d
Component eigenvalue = 1.31; Percent of variance = 4.2
e
Component eigenvalue = 1.24; Percent of variance = 4.0
f
Component eigenvalue = 1.11; Percent of variance = 3.6