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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2017 Sep 21;31(7):828–838. doi: 10.1037/adb0000313

Table 3.

Parameter estimates for paths in male and female structural models including unstandardized coefficients (b) with standard errors and standardized coefficients (β)

Men Women

b (SE) β b (SE) β
Early Context and Adaptation Variables (age 6–7 years)

Family mobility → Adolescent substance use 0.049 (0.041) 0.075 −0.077 (0.034)* −0.141
Family mobility → Young adult risky sexual behavior 0.072 (0.025)** 0.141 −0.005 (0.019) −0.013
Poor classroom behavior → Young adult risky sexual behavior −0.283 (0.109)* −0.136 0.233 (0.083)** 0.141

Adolescent Variables (age 16–17 years)

Adolescent substance use → Young adult substance problems 0.203 (0.056)*** 0.245 0.125 (0.049)* 0.162
Adolescent substance use → Young adult risky sexual behavior 0.164 (0.058)** 0.209 0.106 (0.048)* 0.149
Adolescent substance use → Low young adult social bonds 0.270 (0.081)*** 0.214 0.200 (0.081)* 0.156
Adolescent sexual behavior → Young adult risky sexual behavior 0.080 (0.161) 0.034 0.040 (0.080) 0.027

Young Adult Variables (age 32–33 years)

Young adult substance problems → Midlife substance problems 0.558 (0.087)*** 0.362 0.509 (0.075)*** 0.343
Young adult substance problems → Midlife risky sexual behavior 0.159 (0.049)** 0.201 0.118 (0.044)** 0.144
Young adult risky sexual behavior → Midlife risky sexual behavior 0.144 (0.048)** 0.172 0.187 (0.044)*** 0.209
Young adult social bonds → Midlife substance problems 0.184 (0.055)*** 0.181 0.121 (0.043)** 0.136
Young adult social bonds → Midlife risky sexual behavior −0.023 (0.029) −0.044 −0.049 (0.024)* −0.099
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001