Attitudes toward harm reduction and abstinence-only approaches to alcohol misuse among Alaskan college students

Figures & data

Table I. Means, standard deviations, and intercorrelations of study variables

Variables	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Effectiveness–AO techniques	3.51	0.87	–
2. Effectiveness–HR techniques	3.52	0.82	0.39***	–
Self-efficacy–AO techniques	3.12	0.90	0.38***	0.14**	–
Self-efficacy–HR techniques	3.67	0.81	0.17***	0.60***	0.46***	–
Stage of adulthood	–	–	0.02	−0.20***	0.05	−0.10*	–
Hazardous drinking	–	–	−0.15**	0.00	−0.32***	−0.02	−0.03	–
7. Gender	–	–	−0.13**	−0.11*	0.01	0.07	−0.01	−0.06

N=461. AO=abstinence-only, HR=harm reduction. Stage of adulthood was coded: emerging adult/18–25 years=0.26+ years=1. Gender was coded: men=1, women=0.

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

Table II. Effectiveness and self-efficacy for intervention techniques according to stage of adulthood and hazardous drinking

	Emerging adult (18–25)		Adult (26+)
	Non-hazardous (n=201)	Hazardous drinker (n=151)	Non-hazardous (n=66)	Hazardous drinker (n=43)
Variables	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Effectiveness
AO techniques	3.59 (0.89)a	3.38 (0.80)a	3.71 (0.91)a	3.28 (0.87)a
HR techniques	3.65 (0.83)a	3.56 (0.71)b	3.11 (1.01)b	3.39 (0.62)a
Self-efficacy
AO techniques	3.31 (0.84)a	2.81 (0.78)a	3.54 (0.99)a	2.65 (0.90)a
HR techniques	3.74 (0.85)b	3.66 (0.64)b	3.48 (1.05)a	3.60 (0.69)b

AO=abstinence-only, HR=harm reduction. For effectiveness and self-efficacy variables (separately), means in the same column with different subscripts are significantly different.