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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2016 Feb 2;42(2):231–241. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1121269

Table 3.

Hierarchical multiple linear regressions examining the effects of drug user type, psychopathic personality features, and “hot” neurocognitive impulsivity on sexual risk behavior.

Past 30-day Sexual Risk Behaviors
Past 6-month Sexual Risk Behaviors
Lifetime Sexual Risk Behaviors
ΔR2 β ΔR2 β ΔR2 β



Step 1: Control Variables .02 .04 .16**
Step 2: Drug User Groups .04 .04* .13**
 Amphetamine .08 .12 .29**
 Heroin .22* .25** .36**
 Polysubstance .02 .14 .31**
Step 3: Main Effects of Psychopathy and “Hot” Impulsivity Composite .04* .07** .06**
 PCL:SV .12 .32** .32**
 “Hot” Impulsivity .16* .07 −.06
Step 4: Drug User Group Interactions with Psychopathy and “Hot” Impulsivity Composite .08** .06* .05*
 Amphetamine × PCL:SV −.31 −.32 −.34*
 Amphetamine × “Hot” Impulsivity .04 −.002 .02
 Heroin × PCL:SV −.01 −.39 −.33
 Heroin × Hot” Impulsivity −.13 −.06 −.05
 Polysubstance × PCL:SV −.48* −.67** −.61**
 Polysubstance × Hot” Impulsivity −.18* −.08 −.04

Note.

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p < .01;

PCL:SV = Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version