Table 1 presents the correlations among latent and manifest variables used in the SEM. Here, a low LR per drink (indicated by the need for a higher number of drinks to obtain effects on the SRE) correlated significantly with alcohol outcomes, peer substance use, alcohol expectancies, and drinking to cope. LR, alcohol outcomes, and alcohol expectancies related to gender with females reporting needing fewer drinks for effects, noting lower alcohol quantities and fewer problems, and having less positive expectations of the effects of alcohol. In Table 1, more adverse alcohol outcomes also related significantly to higher scores for peer substance use, expectations of the effects of alcohol, and drinking to cope, as well as to an older age. Peer substance use, alcohol expectancies, and drinking to cope all correlated positively with each other.
