Table 2.
Associations of Child Disclosure Variables with Substance Use Outcomes
| Overall SU | Marijuana | Smoking Uptake | Drinking uptake | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | (SE) | β | (SE) | β | (SE) | β | (SE) | ||
| Model Intercept | α0 | −10.66*** | (1.70) | −11.06*** | (2.10) | −1.12 | (0.76) | −5.06*** | (1.09) |
| Level | α1 | −1.08*** | (0.16) | −0.94*** | (0.19) | −0.56*** | (0.08) | −0.89*** | (0.11) |
| Slope | α2 | −8.47*** | (1.48) | −6.69** | (1.72) | −1.88* | (0.72) | −2.88* | (1.01) |
| Lability | α3 | 0.93* | (0.36) | 1.07* | (0.43) | 0.27 | (0.24) | 0.32 | (0.33) |
| Covariates | |||||||||
| Age | α4 | 0.61*** | (0.11) | 0.59*** | (0.13) | 0.12* | (0.05) | 0.49*** | (0.07) |
| Cohort | α5 | ||||||||
| 2 | −0.10 | (0.19) | 0.11 | (0.22) | 0.04 | (0.14) | −0.21 | (0.20) | |
| 3 | −0.12 | (0.20) | −0.10 | (0.23) | −0.16 | (0.14) | −0.29 | (0.20) | |
| 4 | 0.03 | (0.24) | −0.07 | (0.29) | 0.10 | (0.17) | −0.08 | (0.25) | |
| 5 | −0.06 | (0.19) | −0.21 | (0.25) | −0.03 | (0.12) | −0.30 | (0.18) | |
| Sex | α6 | −0.24* | (0.09) | −0.28* | (0.12) | −0.13 | (0.09) | −0.43** | (0.12) |
| Race/Ethnicity | α7 | ||||||||
| 2 (Black, non-Hispanic) | 0.12 | (0.34) | 0.19 | (0.38) | −0.14 | (0.24) | 0.27 | (0.34) | |
| 3 (Hispanic) | −0.34 | (0.25) | −0.39 | (0.31) | −0.20 | (0.15) | −0.11 | (0.22) | |
| 4 (Other, non-Hispanic) | 0.09 | (0.24) | 0.29 | (0.27) | −0.14 | (0.15) | −0.04 | (0.21) | |
| Reduced/Free School Lunch | α8 | ||||||||
| 1 (reduced) | 0.00 | (0.22) | 0.14 | (0.25) | 0.13 | (0.18) | −0.20 | (0.25) | |
| 2 (free) | −0.03 | (0.17) | −0.09 | (0.20) | 0.08 | (0.12) | −0.32 | (0.18) | |
| Lability*Sex interaction | α9 | 0.73* | (0.36) | 0.98* | (0.44) | 0.44 | (0.35) | 0.41 | (0.49) |
Note. N = 489 boys; 534 girls. Unstandardized estimates presented, with standard errors in parentheses.
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001.
Cohort (reference = cohort 1), Sex (reference = female), Race/Ethnicity (reference = White, non-Hispanic), and Reduced/Free School Lunch (reference = neither) were entered as nominal variables. Joint tests for α5, α7, and α8 were not significant.