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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Feb 4;51(2):165–178. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1082596

Table 4.

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

Predictor B SE t p β ΔR2 F
Alcohol Use Step 1 Gender 1.22 0.76 1.60 0.1110 0.10 0.3263 13.08***
Education Level −0.80 0.83 −0.97 0.3353 −0.06
Marital Status −1.23 0.86 −1.42 0.1561 −0.09
Cannabis Motives (MMQ) −0.004 0.02 −0.23 0.8161 −0.02
Alcohol Motives (DMQ) 0.16 0.02 8.27 <.0001 0.54***
Anxiety −0.11 0.12 −0.92 0.3565 −0.07
Depressive Symptoms 0.01 0.03 0.34 0.7307 0.03

Step 2 MMQ*Anxiety 0.004 0.004 1.02 0.3094 0.07 0.3303 8.29***
MMQ*Depression −0.0005 0.001 −0.42 0.6732 −0.03
DMQ*Anxiety −0.003 0.01 −0.48 0.6345 −0.04
DMQ*Depression 0.0003 0.001 0.22 0.8231 0.02

Step 3 MMQ*Anxiety*Depression 0.001 0.0004 2.13 0.0343 0.19* 0.3628 8.01***
DMQ*Anxiety*Depression −0.001 0.0004 −2.45 0.0151 −0.25*

Nicotine Dependence Step 1 Gender 0.07 0.33 0.23 0.8195 0.02 0.0694 2.01†
Education Level 0.17 0.35 0.48 0.6312 0.03
Marital Status 1.20 0.37 3.25 0.0014 0.24**
Cannabis Motives (MMQ) −0.002 0.01 −0.26 0.7985 −0.02
Alcohol Motives (DMQ) 0.01 0.01 0.72 0.4732 0.06
Anxiety 0.03 0.05 0.54 0.5873 0.05
Depressive Symptoms 0.01 0.01 0.58 0.5594 0.05

Step 2 MMQ*Anxiety 0.001 0.002 0.71 0.4764 0.06 0.0802 1.47
MMQ*Depression −0.001 0.0005 −1.15 0.2521 −0.09
DMQ*Anxiety 0.002 0.003 0.64 0.5209 0.06
DMQ*Depression −0.0001 0.001 −0.23 0.8148 −0.02

Step 3 MMQ*Anxiety*Depression −0.0003 0.0002 −2.22 0.0276 −0.23* 0.1079 1.70†
DMQ*Anxiety*Depression 0.0002 0.0002 1.16 0.2476 0.14

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.