Table 1.
Mean differences in own and perceived motives based on typical drinking partners, gender, race, and ethnicity.
| Typical Drinking Partner: Friends |
Typical Drinking Partner: Parents |
Gender | Race | Ethnicity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 105) |
With Friends (N = 77) |
Without Friends (N = 28) |
With Parents (N = 50) |
Without Parents (N = 55) |
Male (N = 38) | Female (N = 67) |
White (N = 30) | Non- White (N = 74) |
Hispanic (N = 21) |
Non- Hispanic (N = 76) |
|
| Own | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M (SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) |
| Cope | 8.53 (4.65) | 9.52 (4.91) | 5.82 (2.26)** | 7.00 (3.29) | 9.93 (5.28)** | 7.79 (3.57) | 8.96 (5.14) | 8.03 (4.19) | 9.57 (5.49) | 9.04 (5.30) | 8.38 (4.45) |
| Conform | 6.72 (2.96) | 7.13 (3.28) | 5.61 (1.34)* | 6.74 (3.28) | 6.71 (2.74) | 6.87 (3.16) | 6.64 (2.87) | 6.34 (2.51) | 7.73 (3.76)* | 7.08 (3.23) | 6.61 (2.89) |
| Social | 12.31 (6.07) | 14.04 (6.09) | 7.57 (2.46)** | 11.54 (5.88) | 13.02 (6.06) | 12.45 (6.24) | 12.24 (6.03) | 12.89 (5.86) | 13.43 (6.63) | 12.84 (6.78) | 12.15 (5.87) |
| Enhance | 12.28 (5.72) | 13.92 (5.52) | 7.79 (3.41)** | 10.66 (4.96) | 13.76 (5.84)* | 12.05 (5.88) | 12.42 (5.67) | 11.87 (5.50) | 13.43 (6.23) | 11.88 (6.54) | 12.41 (5.48) |
| Friend | |||||||||||
| Cope-Abv | 7.51 (3.96) | 7.99 (4.03) | 6.18 (3.47)* | 7.34 (3.91) | 7.65 (4.04) | 6.34 (3.57) | 8.16 (4.04)* | 7.28 (3.83) | 8.03 (4.34) | 7.40 (3.69) | 7.54 (4.06) |
| Conform | 10.10 (5.51) | 10.79 (5.57) | 8.21 (4.95)* | 10.12 (5.65) | 10.09 (5.43) | 9.68 (5.54) | 10.34 (5.53) | 9.31 (5.21) | 12.23 (5.79)* | 10.44 (5.71) | 10.00 (5.48) |
| Social | 15.56 (6.33) | 17.05 (5.87) | 11.46 (5.58)** | 15.10 (6.65) | 15.98 (6.06) | 15.18 (6.15) | 15.78 (6.47) | 15.08 (6.41) | 16.80 (6.17) | 15.72 (5.56) | 15.51 (6.59) |
| Enhance | 15.74 (6.29) | 17.22 (5.74) | 11.67 (6.02)** | 14.50 (6.10) | 16.87 (6.30) | 14.95 (6.29) | 16.19 (6.29) | 15.23 (6.09) | 16.97 (6.79) | 16.40 (6.28) | 15.54 (6.31) |
| Parent | |||||||||||
| Cope-Abv | 5.47 (3.34) | 5.65 (3.41) | 4.96 (3.16) | 5.50 (3.03) | 5.44 (3.63) | 4.63 (2.51) | 5.94 (3.66) | 5.73 (3.35) | 4.90 (3.33) | 6.16 (3.92) | 5.25 (3.13) |
| Conform | 6.56 (3.33) | 6.57 (3.43) | 6.54 (3.10) | 6.36 (2.93) | 6.75 (3.67) | 5.74 (2.65) | 7.03 (3.59) | 6.23 (2.60) | 7.43 (4.64)* | 7.04 (3.56) | 6.41 (3.26) |
| Social | 13.04 (5.61) | 13.09 (5.56) | 12.89 (5.83) | 13.86 (5.61) | 12.29 (5.56) | 11.95 (4.94) | 13.66 (5.90) | 12.85 (5.27) | 13.77 (6.32) | 13.48 (5.79) | 12.90 (5.58) |
| Enhance | 10.86 (5.34) | 11.23 (5.36) | 9.82 (5.24) | 10.58 (4.85) | 11.12 (5.79) | 10.11 (4.83) | 11.28 (5.60) | 10.88 (4.66) | 11.00 (6.81) | 12.00 (6.92) | 10.50 (4.74) |
Note. N = 105; Cope-Abv refers to the three-item scale created for Perceived Coping Motives for Parents and Friends. See text. With Friends refers to participants who endorsed drinking alcohol with their friends on the Adolescent Alcohol/Drug Involvement Scale (AADIS; Moberg,2000; Moberg & Hahn,1991), Without Friends refers to participants who did not endorse drinking alcohol with their friends on the AADIS, With Parents refers to participants who endorsed drinking alcohol with their parents on the AADIS, Without Parents refers to participants who did not endorse drinking alcohol with their friends on the AADIS. See text.
p ≤ .05.
p ≤ .001.