Research Article

Contemporaneous and Lagged Effects of Life Domains and Substance Use: A Test of Agnew's General Theory of Crime and Delinquency

Table 2

Logistic regressions of alcohol consumption and marijuana usage on Time 1 life domain variables (contemporaneous and lagged effects)a.

Model 1Model 2Model 3Model 4(T1-T2)b
Drank alcohol
(T1-T2)
Used marijuan
T1 drank alcohol
( )
T1 used marijuana
( )
T2 drank alcohol
( )
T2 used marijuana
( )

T1 low self-control0.116* (1.123)0.151* (1.163)0.091* (1.096)0.096* (1.101)0.020.06
T1 attitudes favorable to deviance0.116* (1.123)0.107* (1.113)0.044* (1.045)0.066* (1.068)0.070.04
T1 close communication with parents0.010 (1.010)−0.027 (0.974)0.017 (1.017)0.008 (1.008)−0.01−0.02
T1 poor supervision/discipline0.019** (1.019)0.047* (1.048)0.004 (1.004)0.018 (1.018)0.020.03
T1 negative treatment by teacher0.068 (1.070)0.100 (1.106)0.059 (1.061)0.231*** (1.260)0.01−0.15
T1 negative attachment to school0.025 (1.025)−0.029 (0.972)0.040 (1.041)−0.044 (0.957)−0.01−0.01
T1 low educational goals−0.017 (0.983)0.032 (1.033)−0.022 (0.978)−0.002 (0.998)0.000.02
T1 homework time−0.009 (0.991)0.012 (1.013)0.013 (1.013)−0.014 (0.986)−0.010.01
T1 conventional peers−0.074* (0.929)−0.105* (0.901)−0.035 (0.966)−0.015 (0.985)0.040.08
T0 prior smoking cigarettes0.491* (1.634)1.344* (3.834)0.094 (1.099)−0.163 (0.849)
T1 drank alcohol1.242* (3.463)0.955* (2.599)
T1 used marijuana0.662** (1.939)1.737* (5.680)
T1 victimization0.095 (1.099)0.102 (1.107)0.042 (1.042)−0.006 (0.994)
Gender−0.183* (0.833)−0.377* (0.686)0.248* (1.281)0.117 (1.124)
African American−0.509* (0.601)−0.211 (0.810)−0.464* (.628)−0.573 (0.564)
White0.294* (1.342)0.204 (1.227)0.176*** (1.192)0.194 (1.214)
Parent education−0.048 (0.953)0.003 (1.003)−0.037 (0.963)0.000 (1.000)
Family SES quartile0.137** (1.147)0.159 (1.172)0.107 (1.112)0.144 (1.155)
School type−0.373* (0.689)0.358 (1.430)−0.464* (0.628)−0.171 (1.055)
School area0.096** (1.101)−.171*** (0.843)−0.015 (0.985)−0.124 (0.849)
Constant−3.950*−6.945*−2.251*−6.020*
Model 1228.300*788.60*691.697*407.964*
Pseudo- 0.160.100.170.11

Note: entries are unstandardized coefficients; odds ratio are in parentheses; bthe last two columns display the differences in terms of odds ratio between the contemporaneous and lagged effects of the T1 life domain variables on T1 drank alcohol and T1 used marijuana.
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