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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2009;43(1):49–59. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.10.006

Table 1.

Correlations between adolescent- and mother-report solicitation, knowledge, and disclosure variables in female and male adolescents

ASK-A TELL-A KNOW-A ASK-M TELL-M KNOW-M
ASK-A -- .581** .499** .411** .271** .209*
TELL-A .510** -- .730** .241** .334** .311**
KNOW-A .492** .812** -- .240** .387** .361**
ASK-M .099 .041 .015 -- .439** .272**
TELL-M .109 .209** .219** .483** -- .774**
KNOW-M .037 .167* .233** .321** .695** --

Correlations for females are listed below the diagonal; correlations for males are listed above the diagonal. ASK: parental solicitation; TELL: child disclosure; KNOW: parental knowledge. -A suffix indicates adolescent-report data; -M indicates mother-report data.

*

= p < .05;

**

= p < .01. Cell sizes (Ns) range from 173 to 334.