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Table 2.

Smoking outcome expectancies predict smoking: Standardized regression coefficients

	Smoking				Nicotine addiction
	Boys (N = 1,251)		Girls (N = 1,314)		Smokers (N = 801)
	r	Stand. beta	r	Stand. beta	r	Stand. beta
Negative consequences	.04	−0.07^†	−.10	−0.12^***	.04	0.05
Positive reinforcement	.61	0.29^***	.66	0.35^***	.32	0.11^**
Negative reinforcement	.64	0.50^***	.67	0.46^***	.46	0.39^***
Appetite and weight control	.28	−0.10^*	.31	−0.05	.24	0.05
R²		38%		42%		22%

Note. r = estimated bivariate correlation between latent variables and smoking or nicotine addiction; stand. beta = standardized regression coefficients.

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p < .10. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.