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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Nov 30;130(0):186–193. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.11.005

Table 4.

Test of mediation for specific indirect (i.e., mediated) effects using the Product of Coefficients approach

Alcohol Outcome Mediator Men (adj. n=1,166)
Women (adj. n=378)
EST SE 95% CI % EST SE 95% CI %
Percent of Days Abstinent (PDA)
    Self-Efficacy (NA) 0.000 0.000 [0.000 - 0.000] 0.8% 0.003 0.001 [0.000 - 0.006] 19.4%
    Self-Efficacy (Soc) 0.005 0.001 [0.003 - 0.008]* 34.9% 0.002 0.001 [0.000 - 0.005]* 16.6%
    Religiousness 0.001 0.033 [-0.001 - 0.003] 7.9% 0.002 0.037 [0.000 - 0.005] 14.2%
    Depression 0.000 0.009 [0.000 - 0.001] 0.7% 0.001 0.018 [0.000 - 0.004] 8.6%
    SocNet: pro-abst. 0.004 0.001 [0.003 - 0.006]* 28.3% 0.002 0.001 [0.000 - 0.005]* 15.3%
    SocNet: pro-drk. 0.004 0.001 [0.002 - 0.006]* 27.4% 0.003 0.002 [0.000 - 0.008] 25.5%
Drinks per Drinking Day (DDD)
    Self-Efficacy (NA) -0.001 0.003 [-0.004 - 0.001] 2.4% -0.012 0.016 [-0.026 - 0.001] 32.7%
    Self-Efficacy (Soc) -0.018 0.013 [-0.027 - -0.010]* 39.0% 0.000 0.001 [-0.006 - 0.006] 0.2%
    Religiousness -0.007 0.032 [-0.014 - 0.000] 14.6% -0.004 0.039 [-0.013 - 0.002] 12.3%
    Depression -0.004 0.009 [-0.008 - 0.000]* 8.0% -0.008 0.026 [-0.018 - 0.001] 20.9%
    SocNet: pro-abst. -0.008 0.004 [-0.014 - -0.002]* 16.6% -0.005 0.006 [-0.013 - 0.000] 13.3%
    SocNet: pro-drk. -0.009 0.007 [-0.015 - -0.004]* 19.3% -0.008 0.014 [-0.018 - 0.001] 20.8%

Note: “adj. n” refers to average no. of participants with data for the 8 structural variables

% of total indirect effects attributable to specific mediators (can total >100%, if specific indirect effects in opposite directions

*

p < 0.05 based on 95% CIs using Monte Carlo Method for Assessing Mediation (MCMAM)(Mackinnon et al., 2004)