Table 2.
Sex differences in the mediational paths
| Percent of Days Abstinent (PDA) |
Drinks per Drinking Day (DDD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b(♂) - b(♀) | df | χ 2 | b(♂) - b(♀) | df | χ 2 | ||
| Direct effect: AA attendance predicting alcohol outcomes | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| AA attendance | → PDA/DDD | 0.00 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Mediational path: AA attendance predicting mediators | 6 | 4.6 | 6 | 4.3 | |||
| AA attendance | → Self-Efficacy (NA) | -0.02 | 1 | 0.7 | -0.02 | 1 | 0.9 |
| AA attendance | → Self-Efficacy (Soc) | 0.00 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.0 |
| AA attendance | → Religiosity | 0.17 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.16 | 1 | 1.6 |
| AA attendance | → Depression | 0.00 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.2 |
| AA attendance | → SocNet: pro-abst. | 0.02 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.8 |
| AA attendance | → SocNet: pro-drk. | -0.02 | 1 | 0.9 | -0.02 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Mediational path: Mediators predicting alcohol outcomes | 6 | 39.7** | 6 | 43.2** | |||
| Self-Efficacy (NA) | → PDA/DDD | -0.07 | 1 | 14.7** | 0.24 | 1 | 14.2** |
| Self-Efficacy (Soc) | → PDA/DDD | 0.06 | 1 | 9.4** | -0.35 | 1 | 27.3** |
| Religiousness | → PDA/DDD | -0.01 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Depression | → PDA/DDD | 0.01 | 1 | 5.6 | -0.01 | 1 | 0.9 |
| SocNet: pro-abst. | → PDA/DDD | 0.02 | 1 | 1.0 | -0.01 | 1 | 0.0 |
| SocNet: pro-drk. | → PDA/DDD | 0.03 | 1 | 2.2 | -0.06 | 1 | 0.8 |
Note:
* p < 0.05
**
p < 0.01.
A positive difference between parameter estimates indicates that the effect was stronger for men than for women; a negative difference indicates that the effect was stronger for women than for men.