Table 3.

Pathways of interest in LTM predicting young adult stress and substance use

	Time 4 Heavy Alcohol Use Model						Time 4 Drug Use Model
	Major Life Stress		Transition Stress		Heavy Alcohol Use		Major Life Stress		Transition Stress		Drug Use
Predictor Variables	β	Z	β	Z	β	Z	β	Z	β	Z	β	Z
Age	−.13	−1.28	.09	0.82	−.14	−0.78	−.14	−1.18	.09	0.76	−.09	−0.77
Gender	.08	1.12	.10	1.38	.29	2.66***	.09	1.08	.10	1.30	.03	0.33
COA	.07	1.07	−.04	−0.55	.07	0.87	.07	0.98	−.03	−0.50	.09	1.37
LTM
Intercept cognitive coping	.02	0.24	.12	1.61	.10	1.13	.02	0.21	.12	1.61	.02	0.28
Slope cognitive coping	.04	0.25	.10	0.61	.25	0.87	.05	0.30	.10	0.55	−.01	−0.07
Intercept planning coping	−.10	−1.43	.06	0.75	−.20	−2.18*	−.10	−1.45	.05	0.73	−.16	−2.29**
Slope planning coping	.01	0.08	.07	0.42	.19	0.64	.03	0.14	.06	0.36	−.10	−0.59
Time 3
Major life stress	.20	3.39**	.09	1.51	−.04	−0.45	.20	3.32**	.10	1.54	−.04	−0.70**
Substance use	−.02	−0.20	.07	0.99	.31	2.93***	−.01	−0.11	.07	0.85	.12	1.57

Note: Betas are standardized estimates.

The Z values are significant at

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01, and

^***p < .001.