Table 3.

Parameter estimates of the conditional mediational model of bicultural stress, identity confusion, tension reduction alcohol expectancies, and alcohol misuse

Direct effects		B	(SE)	β	95 % CI
Bicultural stress	→I-CO	.14	7.49	.66	[.10, .18]***
	→L-CO	−.03	−2.10	−.26	[−.05, −.002]*
I-CO	→L-TR	.16	2.97	.34	[.05, .26]**
L-CO	→L-TR	.01	.09	.01	[−.25, .28]
I-TR	→Being drunk	−.37	−5.00	−.36	[1.32, 2.88]***
L-TR	→Being drunk	2.10	5.27	.90	[−.51, −.22]***
Covariates
Location	→Bicultural stress	3.68	1.86	.12	[−.18, 7.55]
	→I-CO	−.02	−.03	−.003	[−1.10, 1.06]
	→L-CO	−.28	−.75	−.08	[−1.00, .44]
	→I-TR	−.20	−.15	−.03	[−2.84, 2.43]
	→L-TR	.68	1.21	.23	[−.42, 1.79]
	→ Being drunk	.96	.49	.14	[−2.82, 4.74]
Age	→Bicultural stress	.45	.47	.02	[−1.44, 2.35]
	→I-CO	.27	1.04	.07	[−.24, .78]
	→L-CO	−.24	−1.29	−.12	[−.60, .12]
	→I-TR	−.94	−1.16	−.23	[−2.54, .65]
	→L-TR	.30	.79	.17	[−.44, 1.04]
	→ Being drunk	−.43	−.37	−.10	[−2.71, 1.84]
Gender	→Bicultural stress	−3.59	−1.97	−.12	[−7.15, −.02]*
	→I-CO	−1.02	−2.13	−.16	[−1.96, −.08]*
	→L-CO	.36	1.11	.11	[−.28, 1.02]
	→I-TR	−1.07	−.89	−.15	[−3.41, 1.26]
	→L-TR	−.01	−.02	−.005	[−1.02, .99]
	→ Being drunk	−.06	−.04	−.01	[−3.05, 2.93]
Duration in US	→Bicultural stress	−.28	−.56	−.03	[−1.24, .68]
	→I-CO	.17	1.47	.10	[−.05, .40]
	→L-CO	.04	.45	.04	[−.56, .19]
	→I-TR	.58	1.38	.32	[−.24, 1.41]
	→L-TR	−.18	−.94	−.23	[−.56, .19]
	→ Being drunk	.47	.82	.26	[−.66, 1.60]
Prior alcohol use	→ Being drunk	.14	1.60	.12	[−.03, .31]
Curved covariances
I-CO ↔ L-CO		−.22	−.15	−.06	–
I-CO ↔ I-TR		.59	.68	.05	–
I-TR ↔ L-TR		−.35	−.77	−.07	–
Mediated effects (α × β; β × γ)
Bicultural stress → I-CO → L-TR (α × β)		.02	3.08	–	[.01, .03]**
I-CO → L-TR → being drunk (β × γ)		.34	2.77	–	[.10, .58]**
Multiple mediation effect (α × β; β × γ)
Bicultural stress → I-CO → L-TR → being drunk		.05	2.92	–	[.01, .08]**

Model fit for this model was acceptable: χ² (34) = 48.86, p = .06; CFI = .95; TLI = .91; RMSEA = .04; SRMR = .03

TR tension reduction alcohol expectancies, CO identity confusion, I initial levels, L linear slope

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001