. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2017 Feb 7;26(5):963–970. doi: 10.1007/s10897-017-0075-x

Table 2.

Attributions of Causes of Alcohol Addiction

Cause	Mean attribution scores for causes of alcohol addiction^*
Cause	All respondents (n=113)	Respondents (n=69) who perceived benefit of GC for addiction	Respondents (n=44) who perceived no benefit of GC for addiction
Genetics/Family History	2.72	2.80	2.59
Lack of Self Control	2.30	2.22	2.43
Traumatic Life Experience	2.54	2.48	2.64
Inability to Handle Stressful Situations	2.52	2.43	2.66
Spending Too Much Time Around Others with Alcohol Addiction	2.03	2.03	2.02
How Your Body Reacts to Alcohol	2.61	2.55	2.70

Scores range from 1–4, with higher scores reflecting greater perceived contributions