Table 3.
Number of binge drinking episodes in the last year according to the frequency at which each drinking motive was reported by Nunavik Inuit adolescent alcohol users (NCDS)
| Males (n = 84) | Females (n = 89) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never–Rarely M (SD) |
Sometimes M (SD) |
Often–Always M (SD) |
F | p | Never–Rarely M (SD) |
Sometimes M (SD) |
Often–Always M (SD) |
F | p | |
| Enhancement motives | ||||||||||
| To celebrate | 31.1 (43.1) | 31.1 (31.2) | 44.1 (46.1) | 0.99 | .37 | 15.8 (17.2) | 40.6 (48.5) | 58.9 (55.3) | 5.15 | .00* |
| Like the feeling | 22.7 (41.3) | 27.6 (29.2) | 48.2 (46.5) | 3.19 | .05 | 26.3 (41.9) | 46.2 (54.5) | 44.6 (46.2) | 0.95 | .39 |
| Is exciting | 31.4 (40.4) | 27.9 (35.6) | 58.3 (46.0) | 4.21 | .02 | 32.3 (44.7) | 44.5 (50.4) | 54.3 (52.0) | 1.26 | .29 |
| To get high | 33.9 (42.3) | 38.2 (41.8) | 36.2 (40.2) | 0.08 | .93 | 32.9 (45.6) | 52.1 (51.8) | 43.1 (49.3) | 1.23 | .30 |
| Is fun | 12.6 (27.9) | 29.4 (34.8) | 46.3 (44.5) | 3.98 | .02* | 20.2 (19.0) | 43.3 (53.4) | 45.5 (49.3) | 1.02 | .36 |
| Makes me feel good | 8.75 (9.51) | 38.2 (40.1) | 62.2 (48.2) | 9.58 | .00* | 34.0 (52.9) | 46.8 (49.3) | 46.3 (41.5) | 0.68 | .51 |
| Social motives | ||||||||||
| To be sociable | 23.7 (26.7) | 45.9 (44.5) | 36.5 (44.5) | 1.78 | .18 | 36.7 (48.7) | 45.2 (47.7) | 44.8 (52.3) | 0.29 | .75 |
| Is what your friends do | 16.2 (19.8) | 28.1 (33.5) | 64.4 (49.2) | 12.13 | .00* | 28.9 (38.4) | 54.1 (55.4) | 36.4 (44.0) | 2.49 | .09 |
| Is customary | 20.3 (23.6) | 39.5 (43.0) | 45.5 (47.7) | 2.42 | .10 | 27.2 (40.9) | 55.7 (52.2) | 38.1 (48.0) | 2.87 | .06 |
| Social gathering is more enjoyable | 29.6 (39.1) | 38.9 (42.8) | 40.9 (40.9) | 0.63 | .54 | 39.4 (53.1) | 45.2 (46.3) | 42.1 (45.5) | 0.12 | .89 |
| Compensatory motives | ||||||||||
| To relax | 27.5 (35.1) | 37.4 (39.5) | 46.5 (52.3) | 1.11 | .34 | 31.3 (42.0) | 49.3 (52.0) | 50.7 (52.6) | 1.54 | .22 |
| To forget worries | 32.7 (40.9) | 29.7 (29.9) | 46.3 (47.8) | 1.15 | .32 | 38.8 (50.2) | 41.2 (55.1) | 47.2 (41.2) | 0.23 | .80 |
| To feel self-confident | 27.8 (32.0) | 44.2 (47.8) | 59.4 (55.8) | 2.95 | .06 | 40.1 (51.2) | 48.0 (48.3) | 32.1 (34.8) | 0.40 | .67 |
| Help when depressed | 27.7 (36.1) | 52.5 (37.7) | 48.8 (57.1) | 3.31 | .04 | 35.7 (47.9) | 51.8 (53.6) | 31.9 (28.9) | 1.34 | .27 |
| To cheer up | 23.7 (33.9) | 38.3 (37.6) | 63.1 (50.7) | 5.98 | .00* | 38.9 (54.3) | 42.1 (48.6) | 48.3 (39.8) | 0.22 | .81 |
Analyses are conducted on a sample of 173 Inuit adolescents due to missing data
Post-hoc comparisons using Bonferroni correction unless specified otherwise
*Games-Howell nonparametric post-hoc test