Table 1.

Relationships Across Drinking and Social Isolation Characteristics

	PB	MSPSS	AUDIT	Years of drinking	OOC drinking	No. drinks/occasion
PB	1	−.59***	.46***	0.25	.40**	0.06
MSPSS		1	−.40**	−.29*	−.34*	−.35**
AUDIT			1	0.22	.78***	.56***
Years of drinking				1	.36*	.36**
OOC drinking					1	.52***
No. drinks/occasion						1

Abbreviations: AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; MSPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; OOC, out-of-control; PB, perceived burdensomeness.

*P < .05, ** P < .01, *** P < .001. No. drinks refers to the average number of drinks per drinking occasion in the past months. All correlations controlled for age and sex.