influences on alcohol use showed a trend in the raw variable and was significant using a transformed variable. Finally, along with having the strongest literature support, the effects of peer deviance were robust to both the model selection and transformation. The three distinct results from these three moderators emphasize the need for replication of GxE findings in the context of new models that address previous statistical limitations, and testing the robustness of GxE effects following a non-linear transformation of the dependent variable.
