Table 2.
Trait questionnaire and alcohol expectancy scores of bingers [B] and non-bingers [NB] in Experiments 1 and 2.
| EXPERIMENT 1 | EXPERIMENT 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (4 male, 6 female) |
NB (7 male, 7 female) |
B (7 male, 12 female) |
NB (10 male,12 female) |
|
|
STAI Trait Anxiety |
52.2 (3.6) | 42.5 (3.0) | 41.2 (2.4) | 38.2 (1.7) |
|
TCI Novelty Seeking |
25.6 (2.1) | 22.9 (1.7) | 25.5 (1.3) | 24.6 (1.6) |
|
TCI Harm Avoidance |
19.2 (2.6) | 14.7 (2.0) | 17.5 (1.3) | 14.2 (1.4) |
|
TCI Reward Dependence |
16.6 (0.5) | 14.9 (1.3) | 16.3 (0.9) | 17.0 (0.7) |
|
TCI Persistence |
4.2 (0.6) | 4.6 (0.7) | 3.0 (0.5) | 4.9 (0.5)*# |
|
TCI Self-Directedness |
17.4 (2.4) | 27.8 (2.6)** | 25.3 (1.6) | 30.6 (1.4)*# |
|
TCI Co-operativeness |
30.4 (1.8) | 33.3 (1.6) | 33.5 (1.4) | 33.7 (1.2) |
|
TCI Self-Transcendence |
13.2 (2.4) | 15.9 (1.7) | 10.6 (1.4) | 12.1 (1.2) |
|
AEQ Sociability |
27.7 (0.8) | 25.0 (0.9)* | 27.0 (0.9) | 26.7 (0.7) |
|
AEQ Tension Reduction |
7.5 (0.5) | 8.1 (0.6) | 7.2 (0.4) | 7.7 (0.4) |
|
AEQ ‘Liquid Courage’ |
13.8 (0.6) | 11.9 (0.8) | 13.8 (0.5) | 12.7 (0.4) |
|
AEQ Sexuality |
10.5 (1.1) | 8.8 (0.7) | 9.3 (0.7) | 9.5 (0.5) |
|
AEQ Cognitive & Behavioural Impairment |
25.7 (1.4) | 21.6 (1.0)* | 25.8 (1.1) | 23.3 (0.8) |
|
AEQ Risk & Aggression |
14.5 (1.0) | 10.4 (0.9)** | 13.6 (0.6) | 11.6 (0.6)* |
|
AEQ Self-Perception |
7.6 (0.7) | 7.4 (0.7) | 7.9 (0.6) | 6.7 (0.5) |
Values represent means (SEM in brackets).
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01 – ANOVA main effect of binge group;
#
– the main effect did not remain significant when controlling for the habitual alcohol intake level (ANCOVA)