TABLE 2.

Measurement model

Indicator	Standardized factor loading	Unstandardized factor loading	Robust SE	Robust t
Disapproval of others’ drinking
Close friends having one or two drinksa nearly every day	.46	1.00
Close friends having five or more drinks in one sitting	.94	1.97	.06	32.59
People 18 and over having one or two drinks nearly every day	.47	.99	.02	45.96
People 18 and over having five or more drinks in one sitting	.88	1.85	.06	31.42
Positive expectancies
Feel more relaxeda	.61	1.00
Feel happy	.72	1.150	.02	60.42
Worry less about problems	.70	1.28	.03	46.99
Feel more confident or sure of yourself	.79	1.50	.04	42.16
Have an easier time expressing your feelings	.77	1.50	.04	40.30
Feel less shy	.82	1.50	.04	40.14
Feel more cheerful	.87	1.52	.03	44.05
Feel more friendly	.89	1.51	.03	44.20
Feel braver about talking to people	.85	1.56	.04	41.39
Negative expectancies
Get into trouble with policea	.63	1.00
Harm your health	.69	1.22	.02	49.84
Get a hangover	.69	1.40	.04	38.29
Do something you would regret	.78	1.42	.03	41.33
Feel sick to your stomach	.74	1.48	.04	37.20
Get into trouble with your parents	.58	1.16	.03	36.73
Feel out of control	.81	1.47	.04	41.21
Get into fights or shoving matches	.56	.71	.02	31.15
Feel clumsy	.62	1.31	.04	32.83
Past-30-day drinking behaviors
Number of days had at least one drinka	.66	1.00
Greatest number of drinks	.95	1.56	.04	43.46
Average number of drinks on any day	.89	.86	.02	37.00
Frequency of heavy episodic drinking	.80	.35	.01	54.54

^aUnstandardized factor loading was fixed at 1.00. All factor loadings are statistically significant (p < .05).