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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2008 Jan 31;42(5):496–502. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.10.008

Table 3.

Scale Characteristics from Parents’ and Girls’ Reports

Mean (SD) Range
Adult Reports of Parenting 3.49 (1.16) 1–5
Girls Reports
   Parental Oversight 9.01 (2.32) 3–12
   Household Rules 27.61 (2.86) 16–32
   Parental Disapproval of Risk 32.19 (4.86) 9–36
   Parent-Child Communication 5.54 (2.85) 1–10
   Peer and Media Conduct 13.37 (7.13) 7–35
   Heterosexual Social/Romantic Behaviors 7.85 (4.26) 4–18
   Alcohol Use vs. not 0.22 (.42) 0–1

* Cronbach’s alpha for all scales ranged from 0.67 (girls’ monitoring) to 0.95 (girls’ reports of communication)

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