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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 2.

Correlations among Study Constructsa

Variable 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Family Functioning (A) .18 .57*** .35*** -.16* .42*** -.43*** -.08 -.33*** -.24* -.30** -.21
2. Family Functioning (P) ------------- .06 .19** -.11 .13 -.16 -.44*** -.02 -.05 -.18 -.21
3. School Functioning ------------- .52*** -.23** .45*** -.70*** -.01 -.52*** -.29** -.27* -.35**
4. Personal Identity Coherence ------------- -.30*** .47*** -.30*** -.16* -.24** .00 -.17 -.09
5. Personal Identity Confusion ------------- -.03 .38*** .13 -.05 -.01 .39*** .13
6. Ethnic Identity ------------- -.26*** -.09 -.32*** -.20* -.18 -.12
7. Conduct Problems (A) ------------- .19* .53*** .37*** .56*** .37***
8. Conduct Problems (P) ------------- .14 .01 .28** .30**
9. Cigarette Useb ------------- .61*** .68*** .56***
10. Alcohol Useb ------------- .35** .35**
11. Illicit Drug Useb ------------- .43***
12. Sexual Activityb -------------

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

a

Family functioning, school functioning, and conduct problems are represented here as latent variables.

b

These variables are on a dichotomous response scale.

*

p <.05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001