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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Youth Soc. 2009;40(4):541–570. doi: 10.1177/0044118x08327506

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables

Variable Mean Standard Deviation Range Skewness Kurtosis
Family Functioning
Parental Involvement (A) 22.70 5.29 0 to 32 -0.85 2.04
Positive Parenting (A) 17.88 6.05 0 to 27 -0.90 0.56
Parent-Adolescent 66.38 14.61 28 to 100 -0.15 -0.25
Communication (A)
Family Cohesion (A) 17.21 3.89 6 to 24 -0.32 -0.20
Family Support (A) 16.06 3.40 6 to 24 -0.21 0.12
Parental Involvement (P) 58.62 6.94 22 to 70 -1.20 2.99
Positive Parenting (P) 20.61 2.99 10 to 25 -0.80 0.65
Parent-Adolescent 70.02 10.50 43 to 98 0.30 -0.04
Communication (P)
Family Cohesion (P) 18.39 3.29 6 to 24 -0.72 1.13
Family Support (P) 16.91 3.61 7 to 24 -0.55 -0.19
School Functioning
Bonding to School 21.39 5.67 8 to 32 -0.02 -0.68
Classmate Support 19.60 3.92 5 to 25 -0.67 0.25
Teacher Support 16.13 3.19 8 to 22 -0.39 -0.37
Identity
Personal Identity Coherence 24.20 4.52 6 to 30 -0.80 0.76
Personal Identity Confusion 16.47 5.12 6 to 30 -0.08 -0.27
Ethnic Identity 41.40 9.71 12 to 60 -0.40 0.25
Conduct Problems
Aggressive Behavior (A) 7.52 5.77 0 to 27 0.71 -0.16
Rule Breaking Behavior (A) 5.40 4.61 0 to 20 0.96 0.47
Attention Problems (A) 5.61 3.78 0 to 17 0.34 -0.71
Conduct Disorder (P) 15.45 11.07 0 to 44 0.71 -0.28
Socialized Aggression (P) 5.24 5.92 0 to 29 1.60 2.23
Attention Problems (P) 12.69 8.43 0 to 32 0.59 -0.54

Note: A = adolescent report; P = parent report.