TABLE 3.
Hierarchical Linear Regressions Predicting Hazardous Drinking Patterns of Middle School Students Reporting Recent (Prior 30 days) Drinking
| Average drinks (n=248) |
Heavy episodic drinking (n=247) |
Max drinks/episode (n=251) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | |||
| Age | −0.61 (.35) | −0.76 (.33) | −0.52 (.36) |
| Sex | 0.50 (.48) | 0.65 (.45) | 1.01 (.48)* |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Af-Am | 3.46 (1.4)* | 3.40 (1.3)** | 5.50 (1.4)*** |
| As-Am | 0.70 (.97) | −0.25 (.94) | 0.10 (.99) |
| Eu-Am | −0.78 (.67) | −1.16 (.63) | −0.64 (.69) |
| Other | 0.24 (.88) | −0.66 (.83) | −0.96 (.89) |
| Hispanic | 0.77 (.95) | 0.44 (.89) | 0.22 (.97) |
| Grade | 1.02 (.60) | 0.91 (.57) | 1.27 (.61)* |
| Step 2 | |||
| NegTemp | 0.42 (.27) | 0.29 (.20) | 0.13 (.23) |
| Consequence | 0.04 (.18) | −0.12 (.16) | 0.02 (.17) |
| Chances | 0.15 (.19) | 0.33 (.17)* | 0.30 (.19) |
| PosExp | 2.05 (.79)** | 1.33 (.71) | 1.91 (.78)* |
| NegExp | −0.47 (.75) | 0.43 (.66) | −0.97 (.75) |
| Grade norm=Freq | |||
| 1–2 times | −1.27 (1.0) | −0.70 (.89) | −0.99 (1.0) |
| 3–9 times | −1.46 (.96) | −0.43 (.84) | −0.46 (.95) |
| 10–19 times | −2.06 (1.0)* | −0.81 (.92) | −0.65 (1.0) |
| 20+ times | −0.87 (1.1) | 0.16 (.07) | −0.43 (1.1) |
| Grade norm/Quantity | 0.01 (.08) | 0.01 (.07) | −0.09 (.08) |
| Friends Drink | 0.67 (.27) | 0.60 (.24)** | 0.60 (.27)* |
| Friends Drunk | 0.41 (.26) | 0.70 (.23)** | 0.74 (.26)** |
| R2 Step 1/Step 2 | .05**/.25*** | .08**/.34*** | .10***/.31*** |
Note: Values represent unstandardized regression coefficients (B) and standard errors (SE). Ethnicity and Grade norm/frequency were dummy coded. Multiracial ethnicity and 0 frequency were not estimated as reference points in coding. Af-Am: African American, As-Am: Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Eu-Am: European-American, Other: Other/Native American. NegTemp: negative temperament. PosExp: positive alcohol expectancies. NegExp: negative alcohol expectancies.
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001.