Table 3.
Interrelations Among Anxiety Disorder Symptoms, Distress Tolerance, and High-Consequence Drinking
| Outcome variable | Predictor variable
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Mediation RCADS subscale → DTS → RAPI
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCADS subscalea b (95% CIs) | DTSb b (95% CIs) | Indirect effect b (95% CIs) | Remaining direct effect b (95% CIs) | |
| Models using generalized anxiety disorder symptoms subscale | ||||
| DTS | 0.38 (0.24 to 0.51)*** | – | – | – |
| RAPI cutoff status | 0.74 (0.40 to 1.09)*** | 0.15 (30.09 to 0.39) | 0.06 (30.03 to 0.17) | 0.69 (0.34 to 1.05)*** |
| Models using panic disorder symptoms subscale | ||||
| DTS | 0.52 (0.34 to 0.69)*** | – | – | – |
| RAPI cutoff status | 0.88 (0.48 to 1.29)*** | 0.14 (30.10 to 0.38) | 0.07 (30.05 to 0.21) | 0.82 (0.40 to 1.24)*** |
| Models using social phobia symptoms subscale | ||||
| DTS | 0.47 (0.34 to 0.60)*** | – | ||
| RAPI cutoff status | 0.46 (0.12 to 0.80)** | 0.19 (30.05 to 0.43) | 0.09 (30.02 to 0.22) | 0.38 (0.03 to 0.73)* |
| Models using generalized anxiety disorder symptoms subscale | ||||
| DTS | 0.38 (0.24 to 0.51)*** | – | – | – |
| RAPI continuous | 2.56 (1.32 to 3.80)*** | 0.70 (30.12 to 1.53) | 0.27 (30.02 to 0.64) | 2.30 (1.03 to 3.57)*** |
| Models using panic disorder symptoms subscale | ||||
| DTS | 0.52 (0.34 to 0.69)*** | – | – | – |
| RAPI continuous | 4.56 (2.96 to 6.16)*** | 0.51 (30.31 to 1.34) | 0.26 (30.13 to 0.74) | 4.29 (2.64 to 5.95)*** |
| Models using social phobia symptoms subscale | ||||
| DTS | 0.47 (0.34 to 0.60)*** | – | ||
| RAPI continuous | 1.60 (0.38 to 2.82)* | 0.85 (30.01 to 1.71)t | 0.40 (0.04 to 0.85)t | 1.20 (30.08 to 2.48)t |
DT, distress tolerance; DTS, Distress Tolerance Scale; RAPI, Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index; RCADS, Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale.
Coefficients reflect main effects of respective RCADS subscale on DTS and the total effect (i.e., combined indirect and direct) of the RCADS subscale on RAPI status.
Coefficients for DT predicting RAPI cutoff score vary by analysis because they are accounting for variance explained by the RCADS subscale in each analysis (i.e., the RCADS subscale relevant for each analysis is included in the model with DT predicting RAPI cutoff and its variance is thus accounted for). Note that we include the continuous RAPI scores as dependent variables as a secondary way of presenting the data. These data were highly skewed and thus are reported only to show robustness across methods of analysis and should be interpreted with caution.
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001,
p ≤ 0.07.
Ns range from 522 to 534 due to different patterns of missing data across the RCADS subscales. All analyses included gender as a covariate.