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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Nov 27:10.1111/acer.14703. doi: 10.1111/acer.14703

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations Among Study Variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M SD Range
1. Belief in a biological vulnerability 3.86 1.58 1–6
2. Self-efficacy .07 52.69 20.73 1–100
3. Craving .16 −.40*** 16.76 7.53 5–34
4. Drinking daysa .08 −.34*** .39*** 26.57 28.26 1–90
5. Drinks per drinking daya −.03 −.05 .06 .10 17.97 13.16 1–60
6. Substance use consequencesa .09 −.39*** .46*** .37*** .12 17.57 14.95 0–50
7. Substance use groupb −.09 −.18* .21* .04 .06 .25**
8. Age .09 −.14 .25** .28*** −.09 .16 −.18* 37.98 11.76 18–63
9. Genderc −.09 −.02 −.03 −.14 −.28*** .03 .08 .03
a

Correlations were calculated using the square-root transformed variable, while the mean and standard deviation shown represent the untransformed variable.

b

Substance use group was coded: alcohol use-only group=0 and alcohol and hard drug use group=1.

c

Gender was coded: men=0 and women=1.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.