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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2014 Oct 27;28(4):1041–1051. doi: 10.1037/a0038173

Table 2. Moderated Mediation Analysis of the Relationship Between Condition and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences Through PBS Use With Anxiety as a Moderator.

Predictor Estimate SE T p
PBS use
 Constant 78.93 4.15 19.03 .00
 Condition 3.89 4.80 .81 .42
 Anxiety −2.46 1.29 −1.90 .06
 Condition × Anxiety 1.48 1.73 .85 .39
Alcohol consequences (1 month)
 Constant .12 .59 .21 .83
 Condition .01 .15 .04 .97
 PBS use .01 .01 .78 .44
 Anxiety .54 .19 2.82 .01
 PBS Use × Anxiety − .01 .00 −2.01 .05
Alcohol consequences (6 months)
 Constant −.33 .65 −.51 .61
 Condition .01 .16 .07 .94
 PBS use .01 .01 1.16 .25
 Anxiety .61 .21 2.91 .00
 PBS Use × Anxiety −.00 .00 −1.72 .09
Conditional effects
Anxiety quintiles Bootstrap indirect effect Bootstrap SE 95% CI bias corrected
Alcohol consequences (1 month)
 10th .02 .05 [−.04, .20]
 25th −.01 .04 [−.11, .05]
 50th −.05 .04 [−.16, .01]
 75th −.09 .06 [−.24, −.01]
 90th −.16 .10 [−.43, −.01]
Alcohol consequences (6 months)
 10th .04 .06 [−.04, .24]
 25th .02 .03 [−.03, .09]
 50th −.02 .03 [−.09, .04]
 75th −.05 .05 [−.16, .02]
 90th −.11 .09 [−.34, .00]

Note. PBS = protective behavioral strategies. All analyses controlled for baseline alcohol use and depression. Unstandardized regression coefficients are reported. Condition (0 = study skills control, 1 = PBS intervention).

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