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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2008 Nov 19;38(3):466–480. doi: 10.1007/s10964-008-9366-8

Table 6. Equations Predicting Incidence of Drug Use, Waves 7-9 (Logged) (Unstandardized Coefficients in Parentheses).

Equation 1 Equation 2 Equation 3



Boys (n=471) Girls (n=175) Boys (n=471) Girls (n=175) Boys (n=471) Girls (n=175)
Number of Family Transitions (W 2-5) .15** (.35) .09 (.15) .12** (.29) .04 (.07) .10* (.23) .08 (.14)
Wave 2 Controls

 Family Hostility −.05 (−.13) .04 (.08) −.04 (−.11) .05 (.09)
 Family Interactions −.11* (−.19) −.02 (−.03) .00 (.00) .11 (.15)
 School-Related Problems .16** (.27) .15 (.21) .08 (.13) .02 (.03)
 Peer Interactions .07 (.08) .06 (.05) .03 (.03) −.02 (−.02)
 Prior Drug Use (Logged) .16** (.42) .10 (.18) .16** (.42) .11 (.19)
Wave 6 Mediators

 Family Hostility −.01 (−.04) .02 (.05)
 Family Interactions −.15** (−.27) −.22** (−.28)
 School-Related Problems .18** (.32) .20** (.30)
 Peer Interactions .17**(i) (.18) .28** (.23)
R2 .12** .07 .21** .24**
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01

(i)

Mediates the effect of family transitions