Table 3.
Factor Correlations for College and Residential Status Groups from the Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model with Factor Loadings Constrained to Equality across Groups
| Alcohol use | Pro-alcohol influences | Prosocial involvement | Alcohol use | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor correlations | Male | W1 | W2 | W2 | W3 |
| College away group | |||||
| Alcohol use W1 | .13 | ||||
| Pro-alcohol influences W2 | .20 | .72* | |||
| Prosocial involvement W2 | −.02 | −.01 | −.09 | ||
| Alcohol use W3 | .20* | .70* | .74* | −.22* | |
| Means of the latent constructs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| College at home group | |||||
| Alcohol use W1 | .05 | ||||
| Pro-alcohol influences W2 | .10 | .70* | |||
| Prosocial involvement W2 | −.13 | −.27* | −.17* | ||
| Alcohol use W3 | .06 | .76* | .74* | −.26* | |
| Means of the latent constructs | −.13 | −.59* | −.42* | ||
| Noncollege away group | |||||
| Alcohol use W1 | .26* | ||||
| Pro-alcohol influences W2 | .35* | .65* | |||
| Prosocial involvement W2 | .05 | −.31* | −.11 | ||
| Alcohol use W3 | .34* | .55* | .57* | −.23* | |
| Means of the latent constructs | .62* | −.25 | −.08 | ||
| Noncollege at home group | |||||
| Alcohol use W1 | −.03 | ||||
| Pro-alcohol influences W2 | .01 | .76* | |||
| Prosocial involvement W2 | .12 | −.28* | −.30* | ||
| Alcohol use W3 | .03 | .67* | .72* | −.15 | |
| Means of the latent constructs | .42* | −.32* | −.04 | ||
*
p < . 05. W1 = Spring during senior year of high school, W2 = Fall post high school, W3 = Spring post high school.
Note: significant latent variable means indicate that they are significantly different from the mean level of the college away from home group.