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. 2009 Nov;70(6):971–981. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.971

Table 2.

Effect estimates from path analysis with early exposure to any type of adversity (Model 1)

Outcome: Early use
Substance-use disorder
Predictor B (95% Cl) Std β z p B (95% Cl) Std β z p
Gender (male)
 Direct 0.62 (0.51, 0.73) .29 10.82 <.001 0.70 (0.55, 0.85) .32 8.99 <.001
 Indirect (via early use) 0.26 (0.21, 0.32) .12 9.16 <.001
Tribe (Northern Plains)
 Direct 0.55 (0.44, 0.67) .26 9.45 <.001 0.31 (0.16, 0.45) .14 4.09 <.001
 Indirect (via early use) 0.23 (0.18, 0.29) .11 8.21 <.001
G × T (Northern Plains male)
 Direct −0.31 (−0.48, −0.15) −.13 −3.73 <.001 −0.42 (−0.62, −0.22) −.17 −4.07 <.001
 Indirect (via early use) −0.13 (−0.20, −0.06) −.05 −3.63 <.001
Early adversitya
 Direct 0.10 (0.08, 0.12) .16 8.06 <.001 0.12 (0.09, 0.15) .19 7.77 <.001
 Indirect (via early use) 0.04 (0.03, 0.05) .06 7.26 <.001
Early useb 0.42 (0.37, 0.47) .40 16.83 <.001
R2 .11 .32

Notes: B = unstandardized estimate; 95% CI = lower and upper bounds of 95% confidence interval; Std β = standardized estimate; z = estimate/standard error; p = probability that true value is 0; G × T = Gender × Tribe.

a

Scored to reflect the age at first adversity exposure: 0 = not before age 18 or subsequent to onset of substance use, 1 = 14–17 years of age, 2 = 10–13 years of age, 3 = 6–9 years of age, and 4 = before age 6;

b

0 if no substance use was reported before age 18, 1 if substance use was initiated after age 13 and before age 18, and 2 if it was initiated by age 13.