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.


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**

Note: *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.001; ***p < 0.0001; All independent variables were centered on their means.

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).

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).

Pokhrel et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:22   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-2-22

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