Table 3.

Hierarchical regression analysis for variables predicting cannabis use from social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and coping motives related to alcohol and cannabis.

		Predictor	B	SE	t	p	β	ΔR2	F
Cannabis Use	Step 1	Gender	0.46	0.40	1.16	0.2488	0.08	0.1918	6.41***
		Education Level	−1.20	0.43	−2.79	0.0058	−0.19**
		Marital Status	−0.93	0.45	−2.07	0.0395	−0.14
		Cannabis Motives (MMQ)	0.04	0.01	4.36	<.0001	0.32***
		Alcohol Motives (DMQ)	−0.0005	0.01	−0.05	0.9623	−0.003
		Anxiety	−0.06	0.06	−0.94	0.3490	−0.08
		Depressive Symptoms	0.01	0.02	0.54	0.5893	0.04
	Step 2	MMQ*Anxiety	−0.002	0.002	−0.98	0.3294	−0.07	0.1978	4.15***
		MMQ*Depression	−0.0001	0.001	−0.15	0.8834	−0.01
		DMQ*Anxiety	−0.0003	0.003	−0.09	0.9315	−0.01
		DMQ*Depression	0.0000	0.001	0.05	0.9584	0.005
	Step 3	MMQ*Anxiety*Depression	0.0003	0.0002	1.76	0.0802	0.17†	0.2144	3.84***
		DMQ*Anxiety*Depression	−0.0002	0.0002	−1.11	0.2700	−0.13

Note. N = 197 All predictor variables were centered.

Gender was dummy coded such that males received a 1 and females a 0.

Education level was dummy coded such that college completers received a 1 and non-completers a 0.

Marital status was dummy coded such that married individuals received a 1 and non-married a 0.