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. 2015 Jan;76(1):133–142.

Table 4.

Predictive validity estimates of scales at Wave 1 with past-month alcohol use at Wave 3 [6-month time lag] for full sample and by race/ethnicity

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Race/ethnicity
Scale Full sample r [95% CI] (n = 1,602) AI r [95% CI] (n = 343) AI and White r [95% CI] (n = 301) White r [95% CI] (n = 762) Group diff. p
Alcohol Availabilitya .21 [.16, .26] .22 [.12, .33] .30 [.19, .40] .20 [.13, .27] .30
Drinking Places .46 [.42, .50] .41 [.31, .49] .61 [.53, .68] .44 [.38, .49] <.01
Alcohol Acquisition .38 [.34, .42] .36 [.26, .45] .53 [.45, .61] .36 [.29, .42] <.01
Police Enforcementb -.14 [-.19, -.10] -.14 [-.24, -.03] -.12 [-.23, -.01] -.17 [-.24, -.10] .70
Alcohol Norms .35 [.30, .39] .44 [.35, .52] .29 [.18, .39] .32 [.26, .39] .03
Alcohol Expectancies .26 [.21, .31] .23 [.13, .33] .29 [.18, .39] .29 [.22, .35] .56
Social Support -.09 [-.13, -.04] -.03 [-.13, .08] .11 [-.22, .01] -.15 [-.22, -.08] .11
Parent Communication -.08 [-.13, -.03] -.04 [-.15, .07] -.1 [-.12, .10] -.11 [-.18, -.04] .20
DUI Risk .27 [.22, .31] .25 [.14, .34] .41 [.31, .50] .26 [.19, .32] .02
Alcohol Consequences .38 [.34, .42] .30 [.20, .39] .42 [.33, .51] .42 [.36, .48] .03
Adult Problems .03 [-.02, .08] .04 [-.08, .14] -.03 [-.15, .09] .07 [-.01, .14] .30
Early Alcohol Risk .44 [.40, .48] .47 [.39, .55] .40 [.30, .50] .45 [.38, .50] .47
Socioeconomic Status -.01, [-.06, .05] .02 [-.10, .14] .14 [.01, .26] -.08 [-.15, .00] <.01
Discriminationc .07 [.01, .12] .12 [.00, .23] .03 [-.09, .15] .08 [.00, .15] .50
Depression .01 [-.04, .06] .02 [-.09, .13] -.04 [-.15, .08] .06 [-.02, .13] .34
AI Cultural Identity -.04 [-.10, .01] -.04 [-.15, .08] .07 [-.06, .19] -.10 [-.18, -.03] .03
White Cultural Identity .04 [-.01, .09] .08 [-.04, .19] .09 [-.04, .21] .01 [-.07, .08] .32

Notes: Full sample includes n = 196 students who were missing or other race/ethnicity. AI = American Indian; CI = confidence interval; diff. = differences; DUI: driving under the influence of alcohol.

a

Alcohol availability = perceived alcohol availability;

b

police enforcement = perceived police enforcement;

c

discrimination = racial discrimination.