. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Feb 6;44(3):679–688. doi: 10.1111/acer.14283

Table 4.

Concurrent Associations between the Negative Emotionality Construct and Alcohol Use, Reasons for Drinking, and Gender

	Baseline r (95% CI)	6-month r (95% CI)	12-month r (95% CI)

Percent Days Abstinent	−.066 (−.192, .091)	−.321 (−.446, −.178)	−.331 (−.456, −.223)
Drinks per Drinking Day	.297 (.176, .410)	.367 (.211, .489)	.393 (.263, .513)
Drinks per Day	.239 (.100, .394)	.466 (.255, .617)	.329 (.234, .452)
Percent Heavy Drinking Days	.133 (−.029, .262)	.349 (.195, .474)	.364 (.261, .487)
RFD Drinking due to Negative Emotions	.482 (.384, .605)	.538 (.311, .708)	.635 (.425, .825)
RFD Drinking due to Social Pressure	−.188 (−.327, −.036)	−.074 (−.289, .161)	−.129 (−.342, .080)
RFD Drinking due to Urges/Withdrawal	.336 (.193, .466)	.378 (.169, .546)	.346 (.140, .524)
Gender (0 = women, 1 = men)	−.244 (−.381, −.114)	−.199 (−.344, −.048)	−.127 (−.273, .006)

Note. RFD = Reasons for Drinking scale; 95% CI = bootstrapped 95% confidence interval; confidence intervals that do not include zero represent statistically significant associations between the negative emotionality construct and alcohol use, reasons for drinking, and gender.