. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 2.

Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Nov 17;50(12):1590–1598. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1027924

TABLE 4.

Multiple regression analysis on the relationships between drinking motives and alcohol use and alcohol-related problems, controlling for gender and age

	Past 6-month alcohol use		Past 30-day alcohol use		Alcohol-related problems^a

Drinking motives	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²
Social	.16^**		.12^*		.07
Coping	.11^*		.07		.26^***
Enhancement	.19^***		.17^**		−.08
Conformity	−.12^*	.09^***	−.09	.06^***	.12^*	.10^***

Note:

The effect of past 6-month alcohol use was also controlled for.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.