Table 5 shows the means and standard deviations of the other variables and their correlation with the alcohol use variables. Most of the variables included as potential risk/protective factors showed the expected correlations with alcohol use outcomes. Correlations were generally modest, in the range of 0.05–0.25. The variables most strongly correlated with having ever used alcohol were high school peer group deviance (r = 0.39) and the alcohol expectancy self-perceptions subscale (expecting to feel guilty or moody if one drinks; inversely associated, r = −0.38). Two other alcohol expectancy subscales also showed correlations approaching 0.30 with ever use of alcohol: tension reduction (r = 0.28) and sociability (r = 0.29). The variables most strongly correlated with frequency/quantity of alcohol use were the drinking motives subscales involving drinking for social reasons (r = 0.34) and drinking because it's fun/to get a high (r = 0.37), antisocial behavior (r = 0.31), and high school peer group deviance (r = 0.38). Alcohol dependence symptoms were most strongly associated with peer group deviance (r = 0.37) and antisocial behavior (r = 0.30). The associations
