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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Jun;24(2):300–310. doi: 10.1037/a0019014

Table 5.

Summary of the Path Coefficients for Mediational Model with Number of Sexual Partners for Mother Program (MP).

a Program → Mediator a′ Risk x Program → b Mediator → Outcome c Program → Outcome
T1 Risk X Program → T2 M-C Monitoring → T2 Partners a1 = .69 (1.32) a1 = 7.97*** (2.16) b1 =.02τ (..01) −.44τ (.24)
 High-Risk Adolescents 5.66***(1.90) .02τ (.01)
 Low-Risk Adolescents 4.26* (1.86) .02τ (.01)
T1 Risk X Program → T2 Negative Errors (C) → T2 Partners a2 = .28 (.08) a2 =2.02*(.88) b2 = .09 (.06) −.44τ (.24)
 High-Risk Adolescents −1.09 (.79) .09 (.06)
 Low-Risk Adolescents 1.66**(.60) .06 (.05)
T1 Risk X Program → T2 Coping (C) → T2 Sexual Partners a3 = −.08 (.17) a3 =.84***(.26) b3 =.36* (.16) −.44τ (.24)
 High-Risk Adolescents .45*(.23) .36*(.16)
 Low-Risk Adolescents .59**(.24) .36*(.16)

Notes. Values presented are unstandardized path coefficients (with standard error in parentheses) for the mediational and direct paths for the group when risk = 0, and at high and low risk. Significant paths are highlighted in bold. M-C = mother and child report; C = child report.

τ

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.