Table 1.

Eighteen reasons to drink and corresponding motives dimension with mean values and 95% confidence intervals.

Variable	Motives dimension	Mean value (95% CI)
Most of your friends were drinking?	Social	2.95 (2.86, 3.03)
To be more sociable?	Social	2.86 (2.77, 2.95)
Parties and other social gatherings get more fun?	Social	3.38 (3.30, 3.46)
You liked the feeling?	Enhancement	3.15 (3.07, 3.22)
It was fun?	Enhancement	3.67 (3.59, 3.75)
It is exciting?	Enhancement	2.95 (2.88, 3.02)
To get drunk?	Enhancement	2.65 (2.57, 2.74)
It makes you feel good?	Enhancement	2.28 (2.20, 2.35)
To relax?	Coping-anxiety	2.13 (2.07, 2.20)
To get better self-confidence?	Coping-anxiety	2.18 (2.11, 2.26)
It helps you when you feel nervous?	Coping-anxiety	1.97 (1.90, 2.03)
It cheers you up when you are in a bad mood?	Coping-depression	2.17 (2.09, 2.24)
It helps when you are feeling depressed?	Coping-depression	1.74 (1.67, 1.81)
Forget troublesome/painful memories?	Coping-depression	1.71 (1.65, 1.78)
To be liked?	Conformity	1.77 (1.71, 1.84)
Your friends pressure you to drink?	Conformity	1.33 (1.30, 1.37)
Fit in with a group you like?	Conformity	1.63 (1.58, 1.69)
Others won’t kid you about not drinking?	Conformity	1.32 (1.28, 1.35)