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Published in final edited form as: Parent Sci Pract. 2013 Apr 16;13(3):196–212. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2013.756356

TABLE 2.

Results of Mediation Analyses of the Relation between Perceived Parental Knowledge, Student Approval, and Student Drinking

	Step 1 β	Step 2 β	Step 3 β	Final Step B	Final Step SE	R ² _change	R ² _total
Model 1
Student approval of alcohol-related behaviors
Step 1							.17^***
Parent drinks per week	.06	.07		.02	.02
Parental approval of child’s drinking	.26^***	.24^***		.32	.08
Perceived peer approval	.27^***	.26^***		.35	.08
Step 2						.04^***	.20^***
Perceived parental knowledge		−.19^***		−.28	.08
Model F(4, 252) = 15.77^***
Model 2
Student drinks per week
Step 1							.07^***
Parent drinks per week	.15^*	.16^*	.13^*	.28	.12
Parental approval of child’s drinking	.20^**	.19^**	.10	1.04	.65
Perceived peer approval	.00	.00	.10	1.08	.64
Step 2						.02^**	.10^**
Perceived parental knowledge		−.15^*	−.08	−.87	.68
Step 3
Student approval of alcohol-related behaviors			.38^***	3.09	.52	.11^***	.21^***
Model F(5, 252) = 13.12^***

p < .05.

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p < .01.

^***

p < .001.