Table 2.
Standardized Direct, Indirect, and Total Effects of Study Variables on Physical Health Symptoms and Drinking Problems
| African Americans | Caucasians | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Effect | Indirect Effect | Total Effect | Direct Effect | Indirect Effect | Total Effect | ||
| Drinking problems | |||||||
| Severity | x | 0.19 | 0.19 | x | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
| PTSD symptoms | 0.30 | x | 0.30 | 0.02 | x | 0.02 | |
| Physical health symptoms | |||||||
| Severity | x | 0.29 | 0.29 | x | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| PTSD symptoms | 0.22 | x | 0.22 | 0.20 | x | 0.20 | |
| Depressive symptoms | 0.38 | x | 0.38 | 0.34 | x | 0.34 | |
Note: PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder. Values in bold are significant at p < .05. Direct, indirect, and total effects are provided for the final model, which omits the nonsignificant path from Depression to Drinking Problems.