Table 2. Coefficients for Direct and Indirect Paths among Study Variables by Adolescent Gender.

	Girls		Boys
Paths	b(SE)	β	b(SE)	β
Maternal problem drinking
Family cohesion	-.71(.34)	-.09*	-.92(.41)	-.11*
Adolescent–mother communication	-1.75(.86)	-.09*	-1.75(.91)	-.10
Adolescent–father communication	-.30(.91)	-.02	-1.89(1.00)	-.09
Alcohol use	.20(.14)	.07	.46(.21)	.14*
Drug use	.24(.08)	.15**	.18(.13)	.09
Binge drinking	.23(.12)	.11	.28(.16)	.11
Rule breaking	1.60(.42)	.40***	.16(.37)	.06
Aggressive behavior	1.05(.47)	.25*	.05(.39)	.02
Paternal problem drinking
Family cohesion	-.87(.19)	-.20***	-.72(.23)	-.15**
Adolescent–mother communication	-1.61(.50)	-.15**	.72(.52)	-.07
Adolescent–father communication	-1.42(.52)	-.13**	-2.46(.57)	-.21***
Alcohol use	.01(.08)	.003	.30(.12)	.16*
Drug use	.06(.05)	.06	.18(.07)	.15*
Binge drinking	-.01(.07)	.01	.15(.10)	.10
Rule breaking	-.15(.24)	-.07	.38(.22)	.24
Aggressive behavior	.05(.28)	.02	.47(.23)	.26*
Family cohesion
Alcohol use	-.02(.03)	-.07	-.03(.03)	-.07
Drug use	.01(.02)	.04	-.02(.02)	-.09
Binge drinking	-.02(.02)	-.05	.004(.02)	.01
Rule breaking	-.25(.07)	-.47***	-.18(.05)	-.54***
Aggressive behavior	-.24(.08)	-.44**	-.14(.06)	-.37*
Adolescent–mother communication
Alcohol use	-.01(.01)	-.04	.02(.01)	.08
Drug use	-.002(.01)	-.03	.002(.01)	.02
Binge drinking	-.003(.01)	-.03	.01(.01)	.06
Rule breaking	.02(.03)	.11	.004(.02)	.03
Aggressive behavior	.01(.03)	.05	-.05(.02)	-.28
Adolescent–father communication
Alcohol use	-.01(.01)	-.07	-.004(.01)	-.03
Drug use	-.01(.01)	-.09	.000(.01)	.00
Binge drinking	-.01(.01)	-.05	-.01(.01)	-.05
Rule breaking	.08(.02)	.39***	.04(.02)	.27
Aggressive behavior	.06(.03)	.29*	.04(.02)	.24

Note. Bolded paths are significant.

^*p < .01;

^**p < .001;

^***p < .001.