Table 1.

Hierarchical regression predicting AUDIT scores, predictor variables presence of meaning and search for meaning in life, after controlling for age and gender.

Variable	Cumulative			Simultaneous
	R2-change	F-change	B	B (SE)	β	p
Step 1
Age	0.09	F(2,1040) = 51.07**	−0.02	0.00	−0.24	p < .001
Gender			−0.19	0.06	−0.09	p = .004
Step 2
Presence	0.02	F(2,1038) = 11.05**	−0.01	0.00	−0.08	p = .015
Search			0.01	0.00	0.10	p = .001

^**p < .001.