Table 2.
Parental communications predicting number of drinks, heavy alcohol consumption, estimated peak blood alcohol concentration, and negative consequences (spring sophomore year)
| Fixed effects | Total number of drinks event rate ratioa [CI] | Excessive drinking ORa [CI] | Estimated BAC coefficientb (SE) | Negative consequences event rate ratioc [CI] |
| Average outcome over 14 days | ||||
| Intercept | 0.79 [0.55, 1.14] | 0.14 [0.08, 0.23] | 0.14 (0.01) | 0.20 [0.11, 0.38]*** |
| Average parental communication | 0.94 [0.54, 1.65] | 0.77 [0.33, 1.79] | −0.01 (0.02) | 0.88 [0.32, 2.42] |
| Male gender | 1.06 [0.81, 1.38] | 0.90 [0.61, 1.31] | −0.02 (0.01)† | 1.68 [1.14, 2.48]* |
| Zero tolerance | 0.57 [0.35, 0.92]* | 0.43 [0.22, 0.84]* | −0.02 (0.02) | 0.96 [0.44, 2.07] |
| Harm reduction | 1.54 [1.08, 2.21]* | 1.52 [0.93, 2.49]† | −0.01 (0.01) | 1.39 [0.80, 2.42] |
| Mixed message | 0.88 [0.56, 1.41] | 0.77 [0.41, 1.43] | −0.03 (0.01)† | 0.96 [0.46, 1.99] |
| Average fluctuations in daily parental communication intercept | 1.09 [0.87, 1.37] | 1.35 [0.88, 2.09] | −0.01 (0.01) | 0.69 [0.37, 1.29] |
Notes: CI = 95% confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
n = 585 participants, n = 3,054 days;
n = 343 participants, n = 800 days;
n = 347 participants, n = 808 days.
p < .10;
p < .05;
p < .001.