Table II.

Correlations among constructs and demographics.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. White	–
2. Gay/bisexual	0.02	–
3. Positive coping style	−0.12	0.02	–
4. Negative peer norms	0.10	0.02	−0.01	–
5. Emotional distress	−0.01	−0.01	0.02	0.25***	–
6. Self-esteem	0.04	−0.03	0.32***	−0.12	−0.51***	–
7. Social support	0.12	0.01	0.19**	−0.09	−0.12	0.31***	–
8. Poverty	−0.15*	−0.08	−0.14	0.12	0.37***	−0.37***	−0.18*	–
9. Delinquency	−0.07	0.05	−0.15*	0.25***	0.12	−0.02	−0.16*	0.15	–
10. Common drug use	0.12	0.24***	−0.01	0.53***	0.10	0.06	−0.09	0.41***	0.31***	–
11. Hard drug use	0.12	0.15*	−0.05	0.56***	0.17*	−0.12	−0.02	0.23*	0.41***	0.75***	–
12. Sexual transmission risk behaviors	0.15*	0.20**	−0.17*	0.24**	0.16*	−0.19**	−0.11	0.11	0.35***	0.29***	0.39***

^*p ≤ 0.05;

^**p ≤ 0.01;

^***p ≤ .001.