Table III.

Associations between multi-item factor scores, psychosocial and behavioral variables: assessment of construct and criterion-related validity^a

Psychosocial and behavioral variables	Factors
	Emotional control	Interpersonal communication skills
Beliefs supporting aggression	−0.29d	−0.14b
Aggressive conflict-resolution style	−0.32d	−0.17c
Hostility	−0.20c	−0.25d
Conduct disorder
yes	−0.06	−0.17c
no	0.06	0.15
Alcohol use
yes	−0.13b	−0.05
no	0.17	0.10
Cigarette use
yes	−0.03	−0.25c
no	−0.03	0.16
Marijuana use
yes	−0.12	−0.37d
no	0.02	0.21

^aSample sizes for each set of analyses were 117 (psychosocial and conduct disorder variables) and 104 (drug use variables). Correlation coefficients are reported for psychosocial variables and factor score means are reported for drug use variables.

^bP < 0.10,

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01.