TABLE 2. Standardized Multiple Regression Coefficients (Standard Errors), Predicting Substance Use Behaviors and Attitudes.
Alcohol | Cigarettes | Marijuana | Inhalants | Substance Use Intentions | Personal Norms | Positive Drug Expectancies | Peer Approval of Drug Use | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | −.002 | −.012 | .014 | −.011 | .042 | .050+ | .009 | −.052 |
(.031) | (.025) | (.025) | (.027) | (.023) | (.023) | (.030) | (.070) | |
Lunch program | −.009 | −.015 | −.027 | −.046 | −.009 | .008 | −.017 | .004 |
(.031) | (.026) | (.025) | (.028) | (.023) | (.024) | (.030) | (.070) | |
Female | −.079** | −.049+ | −.032 | −.008 | −.058* | −.072* | −.055* | −.112*** |
(.037) | (.030) | (.030) | (.033) | (.027) | (.028) | (.035) | (.083) | |
Usual grades | −.097** | −.068* | −.094** | −.014 | −.096** | −.042 | −.033 | .009 |
(.010) | (.009) | (.008) | (.009) | (.008) | (.008) | (.010) | (.024) | |
Spanish dominant | −.010 | −.020 | −.044 | −.024 | −.057+ | −.072* | −.087** | −.099** |
(.055) | (.046) | (.045) | (.049) | (.041) | (.042) | (.053) | (.125) | |
Bilingual | .040 | .013 | −.017 | .011 | −.059+ | −.041 | −.046 | −.033 |
(.042) | (.034) | (.034) | (.037) | (.031) | (.032) | (.040) | (.094) | |
Time in U.S. | .068+ | .081* | .033 | .010 | −.084* | −.057 | −.046 | .049 |
(.021) | (.017) | (.017) | (.018) | (.015) | (.016) | (.0120) | (.046) | |
Foreign born | −.032 | .046 | .003 | −.012 | −.087* | −.025 | −.070+ | −.001 |
(.059) | (.049) | (.048) | (.053) | (.044) | (.045) | (.057) | (.133) | |
Perceived discrimination | .141*** | .141*** | .158*** | .125*** | .251*** | .183*** | .300*** | .121*** |
(.027) | (.022) | (.022) | (.024) | (.020) | (.020) | (.026) | (.061) | |
Acculturation stress | .019 | .027 | −.014 | .021 | .108*** | .093** | .058* | −.023 |
(.069) | (.056) | (.055) | (.061) | (.050) | (.052) | (.066) | (.156) | |
Constant | 1.099*** | .931*** | 1.059*** | 1.022*** | .989*** | .864*** | 1.078*** | 2.292*** |
(.212) | (.174) | (.170) | (.188) | (.155) | (.161) | (.204) | (.485) | |
N | 1,238 | 1,246 | 1,248 | 1,243 | 1,246 | 1,247 | 1,242 | 1,219 |
Adjusted R2 | .043 | .029 | .034 | .013 | .118 | .066 | .111 | .035 |
p < .10;
p < .05;
p <.01;
p < .001 (two-tailed tests)