Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Correlations among Study Variables.

Variable (possible range; α if applicable)	M (%)	SD	r
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Age	20.01	4.03	—
2. Sex (0 = female; 1 = male)	34%		.03	—
3. Negative life events (0 – 36)	3.84	2.87	–.01	–.12	—
4. Racial discrimination (17 – 119; α = .88)	36.95	15.03	–.01	.16*	.25***	—
5. Depressive symptoms (0 – 60; α = .87)	13.87	8.88	–.00	–.09	.42***	.27***	—
6. Coping drinking motives (5 – 25; α = .85)	9.16	4.31	.05	–.09	.24**	.23***	.45***	—
7. Binge drinking days (0 – 30)	2.92	3.54	.08	.13*	–.01	–.01	–.03	.22***	—
8. Negative drinking consequences (0 – 69; α = .83)	7.87	6.86	.10	.15*	.25***	.30***	.32***	.49***	.35***

Note. N = 249-251.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.