Moderation effect of emotion regulation on the relationship between social anxiety, drinking motives and alcohol related problems among university students*

Table 2 Descriptive statistics and correlations of the variables

	SIAS	SPS	FNE	Social avoidance	Concerns over physiological symptoms	DERS	DMQ-R	Conformity motives	Coping motives	AUDIT	Alcohol related problems
SIAS	1
SPS	.76^**	1
FNE	.65^**	.64^**	1
Social avoidance	.73^**	.63^**	.49^**	1
Concerns over physiological symptoms	.56^**	.57^**	.61^**	.48^**	1
DERS	.55^**	.46^**	.50^**	.47^**	.45^**	1
DMQ-R	.06	.14^**	.20^**	.06	.22^**	.22^**	1
Conformity motives	.22^**	.22^**	.29^**	.16^**	.25^**	.27^**	.56^**	1
Coping motives	.13^**	.15^**	.21^**	.11^**	.26^**	.32^**	.66^**	.27^**	1
AUDIT	−.08^*	.01	−.01	−.08^*	.06	.07	.48^**	.24^**	.35^**	1
Alcohol related problems	.03	.11^**	.06	.02	.15^**	.17^**	.39^**	.25^**	.35^**	.90^**	1
M	29.40	19.22	35.49	20.54	7.02	81.01	46.01	4.51	7.83	8.39	2.81
SD	14.66	13.72	8.32	10.45	5.08	20.15	14.21	2.04	3.82	5.88	3.70
Skew	0.29	0.91	−0.15	0.29	−0.03	0.51	0.21	1.65	1.03	1.00	2.03
Kurtosis	−0.48	0.82	−0.57	− 0.42	0.71	0.20	−0.14	2.56	0.53	1.35	5.27

SIAS Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, SPS Social Phobia Scale, FNE Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, DMQ-R Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised, AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
^*p < .05. ^**p < .01

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