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. 2017 Mar 18;3:318–325. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.03.004

Table 3.

IOW Mediation Predicting Adolescent Mental Health; Indirect Effects.

Boys’ BPI (Without LA)
Boys’ Distress (With LA)
Girls’ Distress (With LA)
Indirect
% Change
Indirect
% Change
Indirect
% Change
b SE p N b SE p N b SE p N
Lifetime Substance Use 0.034 0.028 0.226 -12.7% 1094 0.005 0.020 0.813 -3.8% 1371 -0.009 0.020 0.658 -7.0% 1409
Past 30 Day Alcohol Use 0.034 0.020 0.086 -12.5% 1106 0.003 0.017 0.879 -2.0% 1386 -0.003 0.017 0.857 -2.5% 1416
Past 30 Day Cigarette Use 0.037 0.020 0.070 -13.6% 1104 -0.002 0.016 0.920 1.2% 1384 0.009 0.014 0.534 6.9% 1414
Past 30 Day Marijuana Use 0.020 0.023 0.381 -7.5% 1102 -0.006 0.016 0.703 4.5% 1379 0.003 0.016 0.840 2.7% 1415
Past 30 Day # of Substances Used 0.049 0.024 0.040 -18.0% 1082 0.004 0.016 0.807 -3.2% 1356 -0.007 0.017 0.680 -5.5% 1394
Social Connectedness 0.024 0.024 0.331 -8.1% 1056 -0.034 0.021 0.094 26.9% 1318 -0.013 0.022 0.562 -10.5% 1354
Peer Deviance 0.026 0.035 0.459 -9.0% 955 -0.012 0.023 0.614 10.4% 1212 0.011 0.019 0.540 7.6% 1318
Maternal Mental Health 0.011 0.022 0.605 -3.9% 1072 -0.008 0.017 0.641 5.5% 1344 -0.014 0.023 0.539 -14.8% 1350

NOTE: Models estimated with 1000 bootstrap replications and adjusted for all covariates in first-stage models. Percent change was calculated by taking (direct effect-total effect)/total effect, total effect of treatment on BPI: Boys b(SE): .271(.065); total effect of treatment on Distress: Boys b(SE): .140(.060); Girls b(SE): -.123(.060).