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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Sci. 2021 Mar 11;22(5):567–578. doi: 10.1007/s11121-021-01208-9

Table 3.

Selected SIENA parameter estimates: Models for individual belief variablesab

Model 4: Descriptive Norms Model 5: Social Expectations Model 6: Moral Approval
OR b SE OR b SE OR b SE
Friendship Network Parameters
Number of friendship nominations received (i.e., covariate selection)
 Beliefs alterc 1.01 0.006 0.004 1.02 0.022 ** 0.006 1.02 0.024 *** 0.005
 Alcohol use alter 1.10 0.094 *** 0.007 1.06 0.056 *** 0.007 1.05 0.052 *** 0.010
Number of friendship nominations made
 Beliefs egoc 0.96 −0.039 *** 0.006 0.95 −0.053 *** 0.006 0.96 −0.038 *** 0.006
 Alcohol use ego 1.00 0.000 0.010 1.00 −0.003 0.009 0.99 −0.009 0.009
Choosing similar friends (i.e., homophilic selection)
 Beliefs similarityc 1.11 0.109 *** 0.016 1.07 0.066 * 0.026 1.07 0.068 *** 0.016
 Alcohol use similarity 1.28 0.249 *** 0.022 1.18 0.168 *** 0.025 1.19 0.177 *** 0.021
Moderation of friend selection
 Beliefs egoc x Alcohol use alter 0.95 −0.047 *** 0.007 1.02 0.019 * 0.008 1.00 0.002 0.009
Alcohol Use Parameters
Friends’ attributes (i.e., influence)
 Friends’ alcohol use 2.14 0.759 *** 0.046 2.13 0.754 *** 0.049 2.05 0.719 *** 0.047
Individual behavioral parameters (i.e., effect on alcohol use)
 Beliefsc 1.16 0.145 *** 0.009 1.22 0.199 *** 0.012 1.27 0.240 *** 0.012
Moderation of friend influence
 Beliefs egoc x Friends’ alcohol use 0.91 −0.095 ** 0.032 0.87 −0.136 ** 0.039 0.90 −0.100 0.060
a

Models also include parameters for rates, shape, structure, race/ethnicity, gender, and living with two parents.

b

Values across 46 networks with N = 12,335.

c

This parameter is specific to the moderator variable in each model (e.g., in Model 4 it refers to descriptive norms).

***

p<0.001;

**

p<0.01;

*

p<0.05;

p<0.10