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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2015 Jun 15;51(8):1086–1097. doi: 10.1037/dev0000026

Table 3.

Tests of Mediation for Path Analysis Models

Model Pathway Indirect Effects
β a SE
1 1 Marginalization → School Attachment → Depressive Symptoms → Marijuana Use .001 (.000) *
2 Marginalization → School Attachment → Marijuana Use .000 (.000)
3 Marginalization → Depressive Symptoms → Marijuana Use −.001 (.001)
2 1 Marginalization → School Attachment → Depressive Symptoms → Marijuana Use Never vs. Initiated −.010 (.004) *
2 Marginalization → School Attachment → Marijuana Use Never vs. Initiated −.017 (.009)
3 Marginalization → Depressive Symptoms → Marijuana Use Never vs. Initiated .010 (.009)
4 Marginalization → School Attachment → Depressive Symptoms → Marijuana Use Both vs. Initiated .005 (.003)
5 Marginalization → School Attachment → Marijuana Use Both vs. Initiated .023 (.011) *
6 Marginalization → Depressive Symptoms → Marijuana Use Both vs. Initiated −.005 (.006)
3 1 Marginalization → School Attachment → Depressive Symptoms → Alcohol Use .000 (.000) *
2 Marginalization → School Attachment → Alcohol Use .001 (.001)
3 Marginalization → Depressive Symptoms → Alcohol Use .000 (.000)
4 1 Marginalization → School Attachment → Depressive Symptoms → Alcohol Use Never vs. Initiated −.006 (.003) *
2 Marginalization → School Attachment → Alcohol Use Never vs. Initiated −.002 (.006)
3 Marginalization → Depressive Symptoms → Alcohol Use Never vs. Initiated .006 (.006)
4 Marginalization → School Attachment → Depressive Symptoms → Alcohol Use Both vs. Initiated .009 (.003) *
5 Marginalization → School Attachment → Alcohol Use Both vs. Initiated .014 (.009)
6 Marginalization → Depressive Symptoms → Alcohol Use Both vs. Initiated −.008 (.008)
*

p < .05.

a

coefficient estimates in models 2 are unstandardized because the endogenous variables are categorical.