Table 2.
Mean Scores, Standard Deviations, and Significance of Alcohol Use, Alcohol Problems, Situational Drinking Items, and Subscales by Social Anxiety Group, Controlling for Employment
| Variable | Low social anxiety (n = 116)
|
High social anxiety (n = 116)
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F | p | d | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| DDQ-R | |||||||
| Typical quantity | 4.28 | 2.93 | 4.77 | 3.78 | 1.18 | .279 | .15 |
| Peak quantity | 6.19 | 4.50 | 6.32 | 4.54 | 0.05 | .828 | .03 |
| Weekly quantity | 11.60 | 12.86 | 13.32 | 21.06 | 0.56 | .455 | .10 |
| Weekly drinking frequency | 1.96 | 1.32 | 2.19 | 1.29 | 1.84 | .176 | .13 |
| B-YAACQ total score | 6.77 | 5.50 | 8.86 | 7.28 | 6.11 | .014 | .33 |
| DCS-R | |||||||
| Social/Convivial Drinking | 49.23 | 34.85 | 53.29 | 37.52 | 0.36 | .550 | .11 |
| Bar | 4.41 | 3.91 | 4.52 | 3.71 | 0.10 | .747 | .03 |
| Party | 5.07 | 4.26 | 5.54 | 5.14 | 0.41 | .521 | .10 |
| With close friend | 4.79 | 4.01 | 5.65 | 4.05 | 2.79 | .096 | .21 |
| Holiday | 5.24 | 4.56 | 4.94 | 4.67 | 0.03 | .872 | .07 |
| Large group | 3.71 | 3.83 | 4.28 | 4.00 | 0.99 | .319 | .15 |
| Weekend | 4.81 | 3.68 | 5.62 | 4.05 | 2.32 | .129 | .21 |
| Celebration | 3.48 | 4.18 | 4.41 | 4.57 | 1.27 | .126 | .21 |
| Around others at a party | 4.22 | 3.79 | 4.37 | 4.06 | 0.89 | .345 | .04 |
| Drinking games | 4.23 | 4.32 | 4.26 | 4.75 | 0.00 | .990 | .01 |
| Pregame | 3.64 | 3.36 | 3.23 | 3.35 | 0.99 | .320 | .12 |
| Tailgating | 4.13 | 4.19 | 4.37 | 4.06 | 0.18 | .672 | .06 |
| Personal/Intimate Drinking | 13.25 | 12.31 | 17.53 | 14.21 | 4.65 | .032 | .32 |
| Concert | 1.77 | 2.67 | 1.80 | 2.93 | 0.01 | .909 | .01 |
| Lover | 2.49 | 3.21 | 2.94 | 3.01 | 1.27 | .261 | .14 |
| After work | 1.17 | 1.99 | 1.78 | 1.76 | 1.91 | .168 | .32 |
| Date | 1.13 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 2.03 | 2.60 | .108 | .25 |
| Weekday | 1.68 | 2.76 | 2.43 | 3.10 | 2.94 | .088 | .26 |
| After school | 2.33 | 2.63 | 3.34 | 3.65 | 6.45 | .012 | .32 |
| Before sex | 1.26 | 1.22 | 2.10 | 2.01 | 5.39 | .021 | .51 |
| Recreation | 1.47 | 1.89 | 1.82 | 1.19 | 1.69 | .194 | .22 |
| Restaurant | 1.42 | 1.39 | 1.52 | 1.40 | 0.01 | .928 | .07 |
| Negative Emotion Drinking | 6.60 | 6.78 | 11.39 | 11.47 | 14.75 | <.001 | .51 |
| Lonely | 0.89 | 1.36 | 1.53 | 1.25 | 6.66 | .011 | .49 |
| Fight | 1.16 | 1.83 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 4.64 | .032 | .34 |
| Trouble relaxing | 1.32 | 1.79 | 2.05 | 1.37 | 6.84 | .009 | .46 |
| Sad | 1.35 | 2.03 | 2.30 | 2.77 | 8.61 | .004 | .39 |
| Angry at self | 0.80 | 0.93 | 1.83 | 1.45 | 16.42 | <.001 | .85 |
| Angry at others | 1.09 | 1.35 | 1.91 | 1.52 | 9.95 | .002 | .57 |
Note. N = 232. d = Cohen’s d; DDQ-R = Daily Drinking Questionnaire–Revised; B-YAACQ = Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire; DCS-R = Drinking Context Scale–Revised.