Drinking to ease the burden: a cross-sectional study on trauma, alcohol abuse and psychopathology in a post-conflict context

Table 4 Moderation of the association between traumatic experiences and psychopathology by alcohol-related symptoms

	Symptoms of depression (n = 304)^a		Symptoms of PTSD (n = 304)^b
Predictor	β	r	β	r
Age	.05	−.10	−.06	−.14*
Currently in a relationship	−.08	.00^c	−.04	.03^c
Completed primary education	.01	.08^c	.00	.07^c
Abduction	−.13*	.09^c	−.01	.16**^c
Family Violence event-types	.18**	.28***	.24***	.34***
Traumatic event-types	.42***	.39***	.30***	.37***
Alcohol-related symptoms	−.13*	−.13*	.05	.09
Traumatic event-types x Alcohol-related symptoms	−.11*		−.11*

^aFull model’s adjusted R ² = .22; F (14, 289) = 7.18, p < .0001. ^bFull model’s adjusted R ² = .23; F (14, 289) = 7.62, p < .0001. Location was controlled for entering the models as fixed nominal factor, results are not displayed in the table for reasons of clarity and readability; the location Binya (β = −.14*) was significantly associated with depression-symptoms; the locations Idure (β = −.17*) and Binya (β = −.19**) were significantly associated with PTSD-symptoms. ^cZero-order correlations are represented by point-biserial correlations for dichotomous predictor variables. Symbols indicate significance: *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001

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