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Table 3 Social self-control at baseline as a predictor of drug use one year later, after controlling for age, female gender, Latino ethnicity, parents' education, school type, and baseline drug use.

From: Prospective associations of social self-control with drug use among youth from regular and alternative high schools

 

Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

Standardized β

 

Cigarette smoking

Alcohol use

Marijuana use

Hard drug use

Problem drug use

Baseline drug variable

2.13*** (1.94–2.35)

1.82*** (1.65–2.01)

1.92*** (1.74–2.10)

2.05*** (1.87–2.25)

0.35***

Social self-control

0.91a (0.79–1.04)

0.80*** (0.72–0.89)

0.81*** (0.71–0.91)

0.89 (0.76–1.05)

-0.09**

Age

1.01 (0.89–1.14)

0.99 (0.90–1.09)

0.92 (0.82–1.04)

0.74** (0.62–0.88)

-0.07**

Female gender

0.86** (0.76–0.96)

0.83** (0.76–0.92)

0.80** (0.71–0.90)

0.94 (0.82–1.07)

-0.06*

Latino ethnicity

1.05 (0.91–1.20)

1.09 (0.99–1.20)

1.02 (0.91–1.15)

1.13 (0.98–1.33)

0.02

Parents' education

1.04 (0.93–1.17)

0.93 (0.85–1.02)

1.00 (0.89–1.12)

1.04 (0.91–1.20)

-0.02

School type (RHS = 0; CHS = 1)

7.69b*** (3.87–15.27)

2.94*** (2.67–3.24)

3.86*** (2.55–5.94)

4.01*** (1.45–11.12)

0.35**

  1. Note: *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.001; ***p < 0.0001; All independent variables were centered on their means.
  2. a Interaction between school type and social self-control statistically significant (p = 0.01). The reported OR is when school type = 0 (school type was centered on its mean).
  3. b Interaction between school type and social self-control statistically significant (p = 0.01). The reported OR is when social self-control = 0 (social self-control was centered on its mean).