Alcohol consumption and dependence is linked to the extent that people experience need satisfaction while drinking alcohol in two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Table 3 Spearman correlations between the factor scores and indicators of drinking

	1	2	3	4	5	6	\(\mathrm{Median}\)	\(\mathrm{IQR}\)
1. Need satisfaction	–						0.08	1.21
2. Conformity	0.14***	–					− 0.16	1.23
3. Exclusion	0.11**	0.24***	–				− 0.11	0.99
4. Standard drinks/day	0.23***	0.12**	0.11**	–			0.29	1.17
5. Dependence	0.22***	0.28***	0.40***	0.35***	–		0.00	3.00
6. AUDIT-C score	0.24***	0.14***	0.12**	0.70***	0.40***	–	5.00	4.00
7. Money spent on alcohol	0.25***	0.20***	0.12**	0.48***	0.27***	0.50***	2.00	2.00

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; \(n\) = 597; all correlations are Spearman rho. Items 1–3 are the three identified factors from the ASPN scale. Standard drinks / day reflects the average amount of alcohol consumed on any day of the year. Money spent on alcohol, the AUDIT-C and Dependence are ordinal scales

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