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 4 Multivariate regressions predicting standard drinks per day and dependence score with basic psychological needs from alcohol

Predictor	Coefficient [95% CI]	SE	\(t\)	\(p\)
Log standard drinks/day^a
Intercept	− 1.38 [− 1.82, − 0.95]	0.22	− 6.19	< 0.001*
Age	− 0.01 [− 0.02, 0.00]	0.01	− 2.32	0.021*
Male	1.14 [0.84, 1.44]	0.15	7.53	< 0.001*
Remote	0.29 [− 0.29, 0.87]	0.30	0.99	0.32
Need satisfaction^†	0.48 [0.33, 0.63]	0.08	6.17	< 0.001*
Conformity^†	0.15 [− 0.01, 0.31]	0.08	1.88	0.061
Exclusion^†	0.14 [− 0.01, 0.29]	0.08	1.79	0.074
Dependence^†
Intercept	− 0.29 [− 0.50, − 0.08]	0.11	− 2.72	0.007*
Age	0.00 [0.00, 0.01]	0.00	1.95	0.052
Male	0.20 [0.06, 0.35]	0.07	2.81	0.005*
Remote	0.16 [− 0.11, 0.44]	0.14	1.16	0.25
Need satisfaction^†	0.13 [0.06, 0.21]	0.04	3.55	< 0.001*
Conformity^†	0.17 [0.10, 0.25]	0.04	4.51	< 0.001*
Exclusion^†	0.34 [0.26, 0.41]	0.04	8.98	< 0.001*

*p < 0.05; ^†standardised variable; \(n\) = 597
^aStandard drinks per day was log-transformed, to interpret coefficients (\({\beta }_{i}\)) as percent increases for log-transformed outcomes (y) the following formula can be used: \(\Delta{\%}y=({e}^{{\beta }_{i}}-1)*100\). Dependence items were summed to create an aggregate measure (range 0–12)

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