Energy drink use, problem drinking and drinking motives in a diverse sample of Alaskan college students

Figures & data

Table I Intercorrelations of dependent variables and energy drink consumption (N=298)

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Hazardous drinking	—
2. Alcohol consequences	.74***	—
3. Dependence symptoms	.79***	.75***	—
4. Motives – social	.62***	.52***	.54***	—
5. Motives – coping	.64***	.63***	.65***	.76***	—
6. Motives – enhancement	.66***	.55***	.63***	.79***	.74***	—
7. Motives – conformity	.24***	.31***	.25***	.52***	.47***	.35***	—
8. Energy drinks per week	.25***	.15*	.17**	.18**	.24***	.28***	.02	—

Note: *p<.05. **p<.01. ***p<.001.

Table II Adjusted (marginal) means and standard deviations for 3 ethnic groups and 7 dependent variables (N =298)

Variables	White	Alaska Native	Other ethnic minority
1. Hazardous drinking	6.42 (.44)	5.39 (.77)	8.95 (1.10)
2. Alcohol consequences	10.68 (1.18)	11.44 (2.12)	12.41 (2.94)
3. Dependence symptoms	3.77 (.47)	3.81 (.83)	6.58 (1.17)
4. Motives – social	12.43 (.56)	11.37 (1.00)	12.89 (1.39)
5. Motives – coping	10.03 (.47)	9.71 (.85)	11.79 (1.18)
6. Motives – enhancement	11.49 (.50)	10.93 (.91)	13.44 (1.26)
7. Motives – conformity	6.23 (.34)	8.35 (.79)	6.48 (.87)