Table 3.

Hierarchical multiple regression analyses

	Total monthly consumption	Frequency of heavy consumption	Frequency of drinking when socializing with friends
Predictors in Step 1:
Gender	.27**	.20**	.11*
Ethnicity	.01	−.01	−.02
Age	−.11*	−.04	.11*
Stress	−.02	−.01	.01
Friends’
Consumption	.17*	.07*	.41**
Coping motives	.30**	.42**	.29**
Social motives	.08*	.09*	.14*
Adj. R2	22.2	16.9	25.3
Predictors in Step 2:
Age × cope	.05	−.20**	−.09
Ethnicity × cope	−.13*	−.12*	−.18*
Adj. R2	22.6	17.4	25.6
Predictors in Step 3:
Cope × stress	.07*	.07*	.10*
Social × friends	.11*	.08*	.11*
Cope × friends	.10*	−01	−.01
Social × stress	−.02	−.05	−.02
Adj. R2	25.5	18.1	27.4

Note. Cell entries are standardized beta coefficients. For gender, positive betas are associated with being male. For ethnicity, positive betas are associated with being white.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.