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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Aug 1;235(9):2725–2737. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-4968-7

Table 2.

Factor loadings by Component, n=59


Component
Factor Recent
drinking &
problems
Impulsive/
antisocial
Age of
drinking onset
Thrill-seeking Experience
seeking

Drinks per weeka,b 0.92 0.04 −0.06 0.07 0.05
Heavy drinking days per weeka,c 0.90 0.09 −0.06 0.19 −0.09
Drinks per drinking daya,b 0.59 0.14 0.00 0.22 −0.47
AUDITd 0.84 0.12 −0.19 0.03 0.17
Age of first drinke −0.04 −0.22 0.88 0.01 −0.19
Age of regular drinkinge −0.10 −0.17 0.67 −0.29 0.04
Age of first intoxicatione −0.16 −0.05 0.87 −0.17 −0.10
Antisocial behavior densitye 0.12 0.60 −0.07 0.10 0.40
I7 Impulsivity 0.16 0.76 −0.08 −0.01 0.15
I7 Venturesomeness 0.15 0.24 −0.16 0.86 0.16
I7 Empathy 0.07 −0.71 0.15 −0.10 0.16
SSS-V Thrill/Adventure 0.19 0.01 −0.21 0.87 0.13
SSS-V Experience seeking −0.03 0.06 −0.14 0.27 0.81
SSS-V Disinhibition 0.42 0.35 −0.20 0.14 0.43
SSS-V Boredom susceptibility 0.16 0.79 −0.13 0.12 −0.01

a

From the Timeline Followback Interview.

b

Scaled by total body water.

c

Four/five or more drinks per day for female/male.

d

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

e

From the SSAGA. Bold text: Factor loadings ≥ |0.6| in Varimax rotated solution.