Anger rumination, binge eating, and at‐risk alcohol use in a university sample

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic information according to group

	HC		ALC		BE		BEALC		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Male	71	24.9	28	17.9	7	11.1	4	6.8	110
Female	214	75.1	128	82.1	56	88.9	55	93.2	453
Occupation
Full‐time student	220	77.2	130	83.3	49	77.8	45	76.3	444
Part‐time student	32	11.2	10	6.4	8	12.7	4	6.8	54
Full‐time employee	7	2.5	7	4.5	5	7.9	2	3.4	21
Part‐time employee	14	4.9	5	3.2	1	7.6	3	5.1	23
Casual employee	9	3.2	2	1.3	0	0	4	6.8	15
Unemployed	3	1.1	2	1.2	0	0	1	1.7	6
Marital status
Never married	152	53.3	119	76.3	25	39.7	44	74.6	340
Divorced/separated	21	7.4	21	7.4	6	3.8	7	11.1	55
Widowed	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Married	56	19.6	9	5.7	15	23.8	3	5.1	83
Civil union	1	0.4	1	0.6	0	0	0	—	2
De facto	52	18.2	21	13.5	16	25.4	11	18.6	100
Ethnicity
Australian‐Indigenous	7	2.5	3	1.9	0	0	1	1.7	11
Australian‐European	220	77.2	128	82.1	52	82.5	50	84.7	450
Australian‐other	7	2.5	3	1.9	0	0	2	3.4	12
New Zealander (Euro)	4	1.4	2	1.3	2	3.2	3	5.1	11
Maori	2	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Pacific Islander	2	0.7	1	0.6	0	0	0	0	3
Asian	7	2.5	1	0/6	1	1.6	0	0	9
European	24	8.5	14	9	0	0	2	3.4	40
African	4	7.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
American	7	2.5	1	0.6	3	4.8	1	1.7	12

Note. ALC = at‐risk alcohol use; BE = binge eating; BEALC = binge eating and at‐risk alcohol use; HC = healthy control.

Table 2. Correlations between ARS, age, and DASS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Afterthoughts	—	.62^*	.74^*	.66^*	.34^*	.31^*	.40^*
2. Revenge	—	—	.61^*	.50^*	.30^*	.23^*	.29^*
3. Memories	—	—	—	.67^*	.44^*	.38^*	.43^*
4. Understanding	—	—	—	—	.37^*	.33^*	.40^*
5. DASSd	—	—	—	—	—	.66^*	.67^*
6. DASSa	—	—	—	—	—	–	.72^*
7. DASSs	—	—	—	—	—	—	–

Note. ARS = Anger Rumination Scale; DASS = Depression, Anxiety, & Stress Scales.

* p < .01.

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