Table 3.
Effect of body image on selected drug use and norm outcomes—unstandardized regression coefficients for more acculturated Latino/-a boys and girls
Amount of recent alcohol use | Lifetime cigarette use | Frequency of recent cigarette use | Amount of recent cigarette use | Antidrug norms | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | |||||
Dislike looks | 0.073* | −0.008 | 0.010 | 0.031 | −0.017 |
Too fat | −0.043 | 0.045 | 0.014 | 0.028 | −0.062 |
Too thin | 0.018 | 0.303** | 0.153* | 0.176* | −0.356** |
Usual grades | −0.046* | −0.066** | −0.028* | −0.035* | 0.122*** |
Low SES | −0.293* | −0.106 | 0.010 | −0.004 | 0.230 |
Age | 0.076 | 0.168* | 0.074 | 0.120* | −0.151 |
Adjusted r-squared | 0.025 | 0.048 | 0.022 | 0.030 | 0.082 |
Girls | |||||
Dislike looks | −0.044 | 0.021 | −0.033* | −0.034 | 0.006 |
Too fat | 0.125 | 0.032 | 0.081* | 0.108* | −0.003 |
Too thin | 0.052 | −0.072 | −0.004 | −0.016 | 0.183 |
Usual grades | −0.086*** | −0.099*** | −0.043*** | −0.052*** | 0.169*** |
Low SES | −0.176 | −0.268 | −0.063 | −0.029 | 0.263 |
Age | 0.007 | 0.066 | 0.024 | 0.021 | −0.129 |
Adjusted r-squared | 0.037 | 0.061 | 0.053 | 0.048 | 0.104 |
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