Cognitive and Psychological Mediators of the Social Gradient in Tobacco Use Initiation Among Adolescents: Evidence from the ABCD Study

Table 3.

Summary of Structural Equation Model (SEM)


	B	SE	95%	CI	p

Tobacco Susceptibility

Socioeconomic Status (SES)	-0.01	0.01	-0.03	0.02	0.544

Race/Ethnicity (Black)	0.02	0.01	-0.01	0.04	0.158

Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.00	0.01	-0.02	0.02	0.772

Race/Ethnicity (Asian)	0.00	0.01	-0.02	0.02	0.891

Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.002

Age (10 Yrs)	-0.01	0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.288

Sex (Male)	0.06	0.01	0.04	0.08	< 0.001

Intercept	4.63	0.05	4.54	4.72	< 0.001



Substance Use Harm Knowledge

Socioeconomic Status (SES)	0.07	0.02	0.02	0.11	0.008

Race/Ethnicity (Black)	-0.05	0.03	-0.10	0.00	0.050

Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.03	0.02	-0.01	0.07	0.120

Race/Ethnicity (Asian)	0.01	0.02	-0.03	0.04	0.665

Race/Ethnicity (Other)	-0.04	0.02	-0.08	0.00	0.029

Age (10 Yrs)	0.02	0.02	-0.02	0.05	0.370

Sex (Male)	-0.04	0.02	-0.07	0.00	0.051

Intercept	4.05	0.09	3.88	4.21	< 0.001



Tobacco Use (Subsequent)

Tobacco Susceptibility	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.07	< 0.001

Substance Use Harm Knowledge	-0.07	0.01	-0.10	-0.04	< 0.001

Socioeconomic Status (SES)	-0.08	0.01	-0.10	-0.06	< 0.001

Race/Ethnicity (Black)	-0.05	0.01	-0.08	-0.03	< 0.001

Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	-0.01	0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.595

Race/Ethnicity (Asian)	-0.03	0.01	-0.05	-0.01	0.003

Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.03	0.315

Age (10 Yrs)	0.08	0.01	0.06	0.10	< 0.001

Sex (Male)	-0.02	0.01	-0.04	0.00	0.024

Intercept	0.07	0.08	-0.09	0.23	0.390