Table 3.
Results of Path Model Analyses Predicting Drug Use from Ethnic Identity and Drug Attitudes by Race
African American N = 5333 |
Asian American N = 392 |
Hispanic N = 662 |
Multiracial N = 2129 |
Native American N = 474 |
White N = 25718 |
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β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | |||||||
DIRECT EFFECT OF ETHNIC IDENTITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drug Attitudes | −6.42 | −.33 | .05 | −3.10 | −.53 | .17 | −2.62 | −.46 | .18 | −1.08 | −.00 | .00 | −1.59 | −.30 | .19 | 3.14 | .00 | .00 | ||||||
Drug Use | −7.46 | −.26 | .04 | −1.76 | −.26 | .15 | −3.21 | −.43 | .13 | −5.92 | −.37 | .06 | −1.88 | −.26 | .14 | 6.95 | .01 | .00 | ||||||
DIRECT EFFECTS OF DRUG ATTITUDES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drug Use | 35.03 | .29 | .01 | 14.69 | .50 | .03 | 15.28 | .39 | .03 | 25.89 | .38 | .01 | 10.56 | .30 | .03 | 92.15 | .36 | .00 | ||||||
b | SE | LL | UL | b | SE | LL | UL | b | SE | LL | UL | b | SE | LL | UL | b | SE | LL | UL | b | SE | LL | UL | |
INDIRECT EFFECTS OF DRUG ATTITUDES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
EI→ DA→ DU | −4.31 | .02 | −.14 | −.05 | −.2.25 | .12 | −.49 | −.03 | −2.63 | .07 | −.31 | −.05 | −0.03 | .04 | −.08 | .07 | −1.11 | .08 | −.25 | .07 | 2.62 | .00 | .00 | .003 |
Note. Confidence intervals are stated at 95%. Gender and grade were included as covariates in all analyses. DA = drug attitudes; DU = drug use. Bolded values are significant at p < .05; bolded and italicized values are significant at p < .01 or greater.