Table 3.

Results from the final structural model to describe relationship between community disapproval of adolescents’ alcohol use, perceived enforcement of underage drinking laws, personal beliefs and past-30-day alcohol use

Dependent variables	Standardized coefficient	Unstandardized coefficient	S.E	t
Predictors
Past 30-day alcohol use
Perceived parental disapproval of Alcohol use	−.10	−.24	.03	−8.92*
Perceived harm of alcohol use	−.05	−.09	.01	−7.46*
Personal disapproval of alcohol use	−.23	−.45	.02	−19.79*
Perceived alcohol availability	.03	.04	.01	4.59*
Perceived drinking by peers	.28	.36	.01	26.77*
Male  (R2= .27)	.02	.10	.03	3.55*
Perceived parental disapproval of alcohol use
Perceived enforcement of underage drinking laws	.12	.11	.01	16.45*
Perception of community disapproval	.32	.32	.01	36.67*
Age  (R2=.17)	−.08	−.04	.01	−10.75*
Perceived harm of alcohol use
Perception of community disapproval	.10	.13	.01	13.00*
Male  (R2=.02)	−.10	−.23	.02	−14.25*
Personal disapproval of alcohol use
Perceived enforcement of underage drinking laws	.20	.22	.01	28.01*
Perception of community disapproval	.29	.34	.01	35.83*
Age  (R2=.22)	−.17	−.11	.01	−23.89*
Perceived alcohol availability
Perceived enforcement of underage drinking laws	−.21	−.26	.01	−26.53*
Perception of community disapproval	−.10	−.13	.01	−13.84*
Age  (R2=.12)	.18	.13	.01	25.27*
Perceived drinking by peers
Perceived enforcement of underage drinking laws	−.20	−.33	.01	−26.76*
Perception of community disapproval	−.15	−.27	.01	−18.57*
Male	−.07	−.22	.02	−11.80*
Age  (R2=.17)	.24	.24	.01	33.29*
Perceived enforcement of underage drinking laws
Perception of community disapproval	.32	.35	.01	45.86*
Age  (R2=.14)	−.15	−.09	.01	−20.86*

Note. Model fit: CFI=.97; RMSEA=.033 (90% CI = .032, .035).

^*p< .001