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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2012 Mar 12;48(3):703–717. doi: 10.1037/a0027304

Table 2.

Correlations Among All Measures

SES Peer
Marginalization
Family Attenuation aPubertal
Maturation
Deviant Peer Clustering Adolescent Sexual
Promiscuity
Adolescent
Problem Behavior
Early
Adult
Progeny

Peer
nomin
Teach
report
Pos
rel
Parent
monit
Fam
conflict
Teach
report
Self-
report
Couns
report
Peer
nomin
Early
sex
No.
partners
Unsafe
Sex
Parent
report
Self-
report
Teach
report
Number
preg.
SES -
Peer Marginalization
    Peer nominations −.04ns
    Teacher report −.24 .46
Family Attenuation
    Positive relations .01 ns −.08** −.07*
    Parental monitoring .16 −.05ns −.09** .51
    Family conflict −.15 .15 .14 −.41 −.33
aPubertal Maturation .04ns .06ns .01ns .05ns .03ns .05ns
Deviant Peer Clustering
    Teacher report −.27 .22 .42 −.15 −.23 .12 .04ns
    Self-report −.14 .10** .13 −.13 −.25 .23 .04ns .19
    Counselor report −.29 .14 .21 −.04ns −.19 .13 .13* .38 .34
    Peer nominations −.11* .13 .14 −.04ns −.18 .09* .12* .31 .39 .56
Adolescent Sexual Promiscuity
    Early sexual activity −.26 .14 .17 −.16 −.21 .22 .13** .24 .20 .28 .17
    Number of partners −.16 −.16*** .13*** −.10** −.12 .11** .10 .20 .12** .16 .15 .43
    Unsafe sex −.05 .08* .10** −.14 −.18 .09* .07ns .15 .08* .09* .02ns .22 .11**
Adolescent Problem Behavior
    Parent report −.14 .22 .27 −.15 −.16 .24 −.01ns .22 .13 .18 .13** .25 .15 .04ns
    Self-report −.02 ns .17 .12 −.15 −.22 .21 .09 .11** .20 .06ns .10* .22 .18 .06ns .26
    Teacher report −.29 .32 .47 −.08* −.20 .18 −.12* .29 .13 .20 .03ns .22 .16 .03ns .34 .22
Early Adult Progeny
    Number of pregnancies −.32 .09* .13 −.10** −.15 .12** .02ns .19 .17 .14 .11* .34 .22 .16 .16 .12 .21
    Number of children −.36 .10** .13 −.07* −.11 .10** −.04ns .21 .20 .23 .16 .33 .20 .19 .17 .07 .20 .66

Note. SES = socioeconomic status

All correlations are significant at p < .001, unless otherwise indicated.

**

p < .01,

*

p < .05,

p < .10,

ns

nonsignificant.

a

The pubertal maturation variable was computed on a nonrandom subsample and was used only for post hoc analyses.