Table 4.
Summary for hypothesized and alternative models
| Model specified | Independent variables | Mediator variable | β | [95% CI] | SE | Dependent variable | Variance explained |
| Hypothesized | W1 sociosex. attitude | W3 venue attendance | .43*** | [.18, .68] | .126 | W5 perpetration | 14.8% |
| model | W1 sociosex. behavior | ||||||
| W1 HED | |||||||
| Alternative | W1 sociosex. attitude | W3 HED | .05 | [-.16, .26] | .105 | W5 perpetration | 6.1% |
| Model 1 | W1 sociosex. behavior | ||||||
| W1 venue attendance | |||||||
| Alternative | W1 HED | W3 sociosex. attitudes | -.02 | [-.18, .14] | .081 | W5 perpetration | 7.0% |
| Model 2 | W1 venue attendance | W3 sociosex. behavior | .14 | [-.02, .29] | .079 |
Notes: All models include effects of covariates on the proposed mediator variable/s and dependent variable. β refers to the standardized path coefficient(s) from the specific mediator variable to the dependent variable. “Variance explained” refers to amount of variance explained in the Wave 5 dependent variable. CI = confidence interval; W = wave; sociosex. = sociosexuality; HED = heavy episodic drinking.
***
p < .001.