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. 2011 Jul;72(4):521–529. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2011.72.521

Table 1.

Correlation matrix of variables

Variable 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1.Misperception of parental norms
2. Parental perceptions concerning other parents'approval 1.00a
3. Parental attitudes toward child's drinking .52** .52**
4. Child's attitude toward drinking .12* .12* .28*
5. Child's drinking −.01 −.01 .21** .43**
a

A perfect correlation of 1.00 resulted because Variable 1 was derived from taking Variable 2 values and subtracting the mean of Variable 3 (a constant value of 1.90), considered to be a linear transformation of the data (Gravetter and Wallnau, 2009).

*

p <.05;

**

p <.001.