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Published in final edited form as: J Alcohol Drug Depend. 2013 Nov 13;2:1000141. doi: 10.4172/2329-6488.1000141

Table 2.

Hierarchical regression analysis for variables predicting drinking variables from social desirability (SD), the “precontemplation” subscale of the readiness to change (PRTC), and gender (SEX)

		Predictor	B	SE B	t	β
Peak drinks	Step 1	SD	−0.02	0.02	−0.76	−0.03
		PRTC	−0.88	0.15	−5.76	−0.21^***
		SEX	1.00	0.35	2.84	0.11^**
	Step 2	SD * PRTC	0.04	0.03	1.57	0.28
		SD * SEX	0.07	0.07	1.09	0.13
		PRTC * SEX	−1.00	0.39	−2.52	−0.36^*
	Step 3	SD * PRTC * SEX	0.08	0.07	1.21	0.48

Drinking frequency	Step 1	SD	−0.04	0.02	−2.38	−0.09^*
		PRTC	−0.65	0.11	−5.74	−0.21^***
		SEX	0.49	0.26	1.87	0.07^†
	Step 2	SD * PRTC	0.04	0.02	2.20	0.39^*
		SD * SEX	0.03	0.05	0.62	0.07
		PRTC * SEX	−0.74	0.29	−2.54	−0.36^*
	Step 3	SD * PRTC * SEX	0.09	0.05	1.78	0.71^†

Drinks per week	Step 1	SD	−0.08	0.04	−2.00	−0.07^*
		PRTC	−1.77	0.26	−6.83	−0.25^***
		SEX	2.19	0.59	3.68	0.14^***
	Step 2	SD * PRTC	0.08	0.05	1.67	0.29^†
		SD * SEX	−0.04	0.11	−0.39	−0.04
		PRTC * SEX	−2.85	0.66	−4.33	−0.60^***
	Step 3	SD * PRTC * SEX	0.02	0.11	0.22	0.09

Alcohol-related problems	Step 1	SD	−0.14	0.06	−2.43	−0.09^*
		PRTC	−1.90	0.37	−5.11	−0.19^***
		SEX	1.30	0.85	1.52	0.06
	Step 2	SD * PRTC	0.12	0.07	1.88	0.34^†
		SD * SEX	−0.54	0.16	−3.44	−0.41^***
		PRTC * SEX	−0.67	0.95	−0.71	−0.10
	Step 3	SD * PRTC * SEX	0.23	0.16	1.40	0.56

Note. N = 676

^***

p < .001

^**

p < .01

p < .05.

^†

p < .10