Table 5.
Consequence Evaluation Scores as Predictors of Overall Drinking Experience (Model C) and Perceptions that Drinking was Worth It (Model D)
| Model C: Overall experience |
Model D: Was it worth it? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | SE | p-value | b | SE | p-value | |
| Person level | ||||||
| Sex (female) | −.10 | .11 | .37 | −.10 | .12 | .39 |
| Age at screening | −.02 | .04 | .73 | −.08 | .05 | .14 |
| Fraternity/sorority membership | −.17 | .11 | .11 | .05 | .13 | .70 |
| Person-mean drinks per drinking day | .00 | .03 | .97 | −.01 | .04 | .89 |
| Percent HED days | .17 | .39 | .68 | .74 | .45 | .10 |
| Person-mean for ratings of the most favorable positive consequences |
.54 | .07 | <.001 | .60 | .07 | <.001 |
| Person-mean for ratings of the most aversive negative consequences |
−.26 | .08 | .001 | −.27 | .08 | .001 |
| Daily level | ||||||
| Study period | .02 | .03 | .55 | .01 | .04 | .73 |
| Alcohol use (# drinks) | .06 | .02 | <.001 | .07 | .02 | <.001 |
| Weekend | .05 | .07 | .50 | .16 | .09 | .09 |
| Ratings of the most favorable positive consequence |
.48 | .05 | <.001 | .57 | .05 | <.001 |
| Rating of the most aversive negative consequence |
−.22 | .04 | <.001 | −.29 | .04 | <.001 |
Note. Values are unstandardized regression coefficients. All predictors were entered simultaneously into Models C and D. Number of days analyzed was 1752 across 320 participants for Models C and D.