Table III.
Correlations Among Measures of Social Orientation, Social Problem Solving Performance, and Problem Behavior (n = 99)
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social orientation | |||||||||||||
| 1. Perceived effectiveness | — | ||||||||||||
| 2. Self-efficacy expectations | 0.31 | — | |||||||||||
| 3. Identificaiton with prosocial values | 0.24 | 0.49 | — | ||||||||||
| SPS Skills | |||||||||||||
| 4. SPS effectiveness | 0.20 | 0.57 | 0.59 | — | |||||||||
| 5. Sophistication of strategies | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.51 | — | ||||||||
| Problem behavior | |||||||||||||
| 6. Delinquent (self) | −0.11 | −0.28 | −0.36 | −0.44 | −0.27 | — | |||||||
| 7. Drug involvement (self) | −0.18 | −0.15 | −0.18 | −0.34 | −0.08 | 0.44 | — | ||||||
| 8. Delinquent (parent) | −0.23 | −0.19 | −0.19 | −0.19 | −0.10 | 0.29 | 0.19 | — | |||||
| 9. Drug involvement (parent) | −0.06 | −0.06 | −0.05 | −0.19 | −0.01 | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.31 | — | ||||
| 10. Delinquent (peer) | −0.27 | −0.38 | −0.34 | −0.24 | −0.28 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.25 | — | |||
| 11. Drug involvement (peer) | −0.20 | −0.35 | −0.25 | −0.26 | −0.14 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.68 | — | ||
| Demographic variables | |||||||||||||
| 12. Gender (male) | −0.10 | −0.16 | −0.18 | −0.07 | −0.14 | 0.10 | −0.14 | 0.08 | −0.04 | 0.26 | 0.11 | — | |
| 13. Minority status | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.36 | −0.10 | −0.30 | −0.01 | −0.10 | 0.17 | — |
| Mean | 6.81 | 7.83 | −0.75 | 4.53 | 1.17 | 1.55 | −0.02 | 13.06 | −0.03 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.31 |
| SD | 1.23 | 1.41 | 1.12 | 1.06 | 0.25 | 1.55 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.50 | 0.47 |
Note. SPS : Social Problem Solving. Correlations with absolute values ≥ 0.20 are significant (p < 0.05). Descriptive statistics for problem behavior measures are presented after natural log transformation.