Table 3.

Standardized path parameter estimates of the multiple mediator model

Type of Path			Percent of Days Abstinent						Drinks per Drinking Day
			Younger Adults (adj. n=246)			Adults aged 30+ (adj. n=1,298)			Younger Adults (adj. n=246)			Adults aged 30+ (adj. n=1,298)
Path			β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t

Direct effect: AA attendance predicting alcohol outcomes
AA attendance	→	PDA/DDD	0.16	0.06	2.51 ^*	0.12	0.03	4.06 ^*	−0.22	0.06	−3.46 ^*	−0.03	0.03	−0.98
Mediational path: AA attendance predicting mediators
AA attendance	→	Self-Efficacy (NA)	0.02	0.06	0.25	0.06	0.03	1.94	0.02	0.06	0.25	0.06	0.03	1.94
AA attendance	→	Self-Efficacy (Soc)	0.19	0.06	3.01 ^*	0.14	0.03	4.63 ^*	0.19	0.06	3.01 ^*	0.14	0.03	4.63 ^*
AA attendance	→	Religiousness	0.16	0.05	3.47 ^*	0.18	0.02	8.77 ^*	0.16	0.05	3.47 ^*	0.18	0.02	8.77 ^*
AA attendance	→	Depression	0.02	0.06	0.26	−0.08	0.03	−2.86 ^*	0.02	0.06	0.26	−0.08	0.03	−2.86 ^*
AA attendance	→	SocNet: pro-abst.	0.05	0.06	0.84	0.21	0.03	7.09 ^*	0.05	0.06	0.84	0.21	0.03	7.09 ^*
AA attendance	→	SocNet: pro-drk.	−0.21	0.06	−3.38 ^*	−0.14	0.03	−4.46 ^*	−0.21	0.06	−3.38 ^*	−0.14	0.03	−4.46 ^*
Mediational path: Mediators predicting alcohol outcomes
Self-Efficacy (NA)	→	PDA/DDD	0.09	0.06	1.56	0.07	0.02	2.85 ^*	−0.06	0.06	−0.96	−0.13	0.03	−4.95 ^*
Self-Efficacy (Soc)	→	PDA/DDD	0.18	0.06	3.19 ^*	0.25	0.02	10.30 ^*	−0.16	0.06	−2.72 ^*	−0.20	0.03	−7.65 ^*
Religiousness	→	PDA/DDD	−0.04	0.06	−0.69	0.11	0.04	3.09 ^*	0.03	0.06	0.45	−0.10	0.04	−2.66 ^*
Depression	→	PDA/DDD	−0.10	0.06	−1.72	−0.04	0.03	−1.57	0.14	0.06	2.36 ^*	0.14	0.03	5.02 ^*
SocNet: pro-abst.	→	PDA/DDD	0.13	0.06	2.45 ^*	0.15	0.03	6.03 ^*	−0.14	0.06	−2.48 ^*	−0.07	0.03	−2.35 ^*
SocNet: pro-drk.	→	PDA/DDD	−0.27	0.05	−4.84 ^*	−0.22	0.02	−9.31 ^*	0.16	0.06	2.71 ^*	0.13	0.03	4.87 ^*

Note: “adj. n” refers to the average number of participants who had data for the 8 structural variables; not shown but included in model are baseline covariates (see Figure 1).

p < 0.05