Do parent–child acculturation gaps affect early adolescent Latino alcohol use? A study of the probability and extent of use

Table 2 Coefficients, test statistics, degrees of freedom and confidence intervals for path models within the structural equation model

	Direct Effects Model					Mediation Model
Outcome Predictors	Coefficient	t-value*	df	95% CI		Coefficient	t-value*	df	95% CI
Probability of alcohol use on	OR			Lower	Upper	OR			Lower	Upper
Quadratic acculturation gap	1.01	0.66	627	0.98	1.05	0.998	−0.05	625	0.93	1.07
Linear acculturation gap	1.15	3.39	627	1.06	1.25	1.10	1.93	625	1.00	1.22
Gender	1.14	0.74	627	0.80	1.64
Effective parenting						0.36	−3.12	625	0.19	0.68
Mother involvement						0.99	−0.02	625	0.41	2.42
Father involvement						0.50	−3.33	625	0.33	0.75
Extent of alcohol use on	IRR					IRR
Quadratic acculturation gap	1.02	2.71	627	1.003	1.02	1.02	2.93	625	1.01	1.03
Linear acculturation gap	1.02	0.43	627	0.94	1.10	1.04	1.08	625	0.97	1.12
Gender	1.07	0.74	627	0.90	1.27
Effective parenting						0.70	−3.35	625	0.57	0.86
Mother involvement						0.98	0.12	625	0.71	1.36
Father involvement						0.85	1.93	625	0.73	1.00
Effective parenting on						β
Quadratic acculturation gap						−0.04	−0.55	628	−0.18	0.10
Linear acculturation gap						0.04	0.65	628	−0.08	0.15
Mother involvement on
Quadratic acculturation gap						−0.04	−1.09	628	−0.12	0.04
Linear acculturation gap						−0.12	−2.97	628	−0.20	−0.04
Father involvement on
Quadratic acculturation gap						−0.10	−1.83	628	−0.20	0.01
Linear acculturation gap						−0.25	−7.96	628	−0.32	−0.19

Note. OR = Odds Ratio, IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval. *We use the Wald test, which is the ratio of the estimated regression coefficient, divided by its standard error, evaluated with a t or Z test [76]. Reported degrees of correspond to the Wald test and not to the chi-square test of fit for the structural equation model.

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