Table 2.

Hierarchical multiple regressions predicting problematic alcohol problems in all the sample (N = 1519).

Dependent variables: CAGE total score
	β	p	[95% CI]	Adjusted R2	F	R2 Change	F Change
Block 1 independent variables				0.003	1.8681	0.006	1.868
Women	−0.048	0.071	[−0.158; 0.007]
Age	−0.037	0.243	[−0.006; 0.002]
BMI	0.020	0.735	[−0.005; 0.012]
School attainment > 13 years	−0.019	0.472	[−0.095; 0.044]
Married or living with partner	−0.026	0.399	[−0.135; 0.054]
Block 2 independent variables				0.071	12.5352***	0.071***	23.065***
Women	−0.079	0.003	[−0.205; −0.042]
Age	0.023	0.468	[−0.002; 0.005]
BMI	−0.004	0.873	[−0.009; 0.008]
School attainment > 13 years	0.006	0.820	[−0.060; 0.076]
Married or living with partner	−0.018	0.550	[−0.120;0.064]
I7 impulsiveness total score	0.141	<0.001	[0.015;0.034]
Smokers	0.139	<0.001	[0.130; 0.281]
Illegal drugs use during lockdown†	0.037	0.046	[−0.044; 0.292]
mYFAS 2.0 total score	0.070	0.012	[0.005; 0.039]
BSMAS total score	0.074	0.010	[0.002; 0.018]
Block 3 independent variables				0.071	7.8503***	0.005	1.145
Women	−0.090	0.001	[−0.224; −0.058]
Age	0.035	0.284	[−0.002; 0.006]
BMI	−0.003	0.916	[−0.009; 0.008]
School attainment > 13 years	0.017	0.516	[−0.046; 0.092]
Married or living with partner	−0.018	0.543	[−0.121; 0.064]
I7 impulsiveness total score	0.133	<0.001	[0.014; 0.032]
Smokers	0.140	<0.001	[0.131; 0.283]
Illegal drugs use during lockdown†	0.036	0.164	[−0.049; 0.288]
mYFAS 2.0 total score	0.062	0.028	[0.002; 0.036]
BSMAS total score	0.055	0.063	[0.000; 0.015]
Personal status during lockdown†	−0.018	0.478	[−0.099; 0.046]
N of cohabitants during lockdown†	0.033	0.200	[−0.008; 0.040]
N of COVID19-infected people per region	0.021	0.424	[0.000; 0.000]
Smart-working	−0.029	0.261	[−0.111; 0.030]
Diagnosis of COVID-19	−0.017	0.506	[−0.549; 0.271]
Friends/relatives with COVID-19	−0.014	0.588	[−0.124; 0.071]
IES-R total score	0.058	0.043	[0.000; 0.006]

^***p < 0.001; Degree of freedom: ¹5:1509, ²10;1504, ³17;1497; “Phase one” the phase during which the exponential curve of the contagions is growing, β, standardized beta; CI, confidence interval. Bold values indicate significant variable.

CAGE, self-report measure of alcohol use problems; BMI, Body Mass Index; mYFAS 2.0, modified Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0; BSMAS, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale; COVID-19, Corona Virus Disease 19; IES-R, Impact of Event Scale-Revised.