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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2020 Jan 3;25(2):91–104. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1709925

Table 6.

Longitudinal Regression Analyses Results of the Proposed Pathways

Hypotheses H1: EXP → BEH H2: EXP → DN H3: DN → BEH H5: EXP → IC H6: IC → DN
IVsDVs E-cigarette Use Norm Perceptions E-cigarette Use Interpersonal Conversations Norm Perceptions
N = 2,755 N = 2,755 N = 2,761 N = 2,748 N = 2,762
OR (SE) 95% CI B (SE) 95% CI OR (SE) 95% CI B (SE) 95% CI B (SE) 95% CI
Media Scanning 1.26 (0.12)* 1.05, 1.52 0.04 (0.02)* 0.00, 0.08 1.38 (0.10)*** 1.20, 1.58
Interpersonal Conversations 2.55 (0.43)*** 1.83, 3.55 0.11 (0.05)* 0.01, 0.22
Norm Perceptions 0.55 (0.03)*** 0.50, 0.60 2.00 (0.28)*** 1.52, 2.63 0.55 (0.03)*** 0.49, 0.60
E-cigarette Use 5.72 (1.37)*** 3.57, 9.17 3.97 (0.98)*** 2.45, 6.45
Age 1.06 (0.05) 0.97, 1.17 0.02 (0.01) 0.00, 0.04 1.08 (0.05) 0.98, 1.18 0.97 (0.04) 0.90, 1.04 0.02 (0.01) 0.00, 0.04
Gender (ref. = Female) 0.97 (0.20) 0.64, 1.46 −0.12 (0.04)** −0.20, −0.04 1.12 (0.24) 0.74, 1.71 0.81 (0.11) 0.61, 1.06 −0.12 (0.04)** −0.19, −0.04
Race (ref. = White)
 Hispanic 0.59 (0.17) 0.34, 1.02 0.02 (0.05) −0.08, 0.11 0.57 (0.16)* 0.33, 0.97 0.62 (0.12)* 0.43, 0.90 0.02 (0.05) −0.07, 0.12
 Black 0.50 (0.18) 0.24, 1.01 −0.04 (0.06) −0.15, 0.07 0.53 (0.20) 0.25, 1.10 0.60 (0.13)* 0.39, 0.93 −0.03 (0.06) −0.14, 0.08
 Other 1.09 (0.34) 0.59, 2.01 0.04 (0.05) −0.06, 0.14 1.13 (0.34) 0.63, 2.02 0.80 (0.17) 0.53, 1.21 0.04 (0.05) −0.06, 0.14
Education 0.92 (0.15) 0.67, 1.26 −0.08 (0.03)* −0.14, −0.01 0.94 (0.16) 0.68, 1.30 1.11 (0.13) 0.88, 1.41 −0.08 (0.03)* −0.14, −0.01
School Performance 0.94 (0.13) 0.72, 1.23 −0.07 (0.03)* −0.13, −0.01 0.97 (0.13) 0.74, 1.26 0.96 (0.09) 0.79, 1.16 −0.07 (0.03)* −0.13, −0.01
Sensation Seeking 1.23 (0.26) 0.81, 1.87 0.04 (0.04) −0.03, 0.11 1.10 (0.23) 0.73, 1.65 1.00 (0.14) 0.76, 1.33 0.04 (0.04) −0.03, 0.12
Past-30-day Cigarette Use 2.80 (0.68)*** 1.74, 4.51 −0.01 (0.07) −0.15, 0.14 3.17 (0.77)*** 1.97, 5.12 1.15 (0.28) 0.72, 1.85 −0.01 (0.07) −0.15, 0.14
Parental Education 0.96 (0.09) 0.80, 1.14 −0.01 (0.02) −0.04, 0.02 0.99 (0.09) 0.83, 1.18 0.95 (0.06) 0.84, 1.07 −0.01 (0.02) −0.04, 0.02
Live with a Vaper (ref. = no) 1.66 (0.45) 0.97, 2.81 −0.05 (0.06) −0.17, 0.08 1.54 (0.44) 0.88, 2.68 1.06 (0.25) 0.67, 1.67 −0.05 (0.07) −0.18, 0.08
Household Rule (ref. = no) 1.68 (0.38)* 1.09, 2.61 0.02 (0.05) −0.08, 0.12 1.49 (0.32) 0.97, 2.28 1.51 (0.27)* 1.07, 2.14 0.01 (0.05) −0.09, 0.11

Note: EXP = breadth of media scanning; BEH = e-cigarette use behavior; IC = interpersonal conversations; DN = descriptive norm perceptions. All analyses are weighted.