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Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2007 Jul 12;31(7):769–789. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.12.014

Table 5.

Structural Model Components: Lifetime Alcohol Abuse and Psychological Distress^* (N=439)

	Mediators				Outcomes
Independent Variables	Age of Drinking Onset Estimate (SE)		Age First Intercourse Estimate (SE)		Psychological Distress Estimate (SE)		Alcohol Abuse Estimate (SE)

Parental drinking problems	-0.59	(0.10)^***			0.09	(0.04)^*
Parental strictness					0.03	(0.02)^*
Childhood physical abuse					0.23	(0.04)^***
Childhood sexual abuse			-0.11	(0.06)^*			0.11	(0.05)^*
Age of drinking onset					0.04	(0.02)^*	-0.50	(0.11)^***
Age first intercourse							-0.19	(0.04)^***
Psychological distress							0.29	(0.11)^*
White	-0.18	(0.07)^*	0.49	(0.06)^***	0.22	(0.04)^***
Education					-0.08	(0.03)^***
Age	0.02	(0.01)^**			-0.01	(0.00)^***
R-Square	0.13		0.14		0.56		0.39

Model Goodness-of-Fit Statistics: X² = 56.2, df = 55, ns; GFI = 0.98; AGFI = 0.96; NFI = 0.97; RMSEA = 0.0 (90% CI = 0.0 – 0.03); n =439.

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001