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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2015 Jun 12;43:100–110. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.001

Table 1. Correlation and Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables.

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean SD
1. Maternal problem drinking – .16*** -.11* -.03 -.11* .08 .16** .10 .30* .18 .19 .74
2. Paternal problem drinking .11* – -.16** -.14** -.22*** .04 .10 .09 .02 .12 .87 1.76
3. Adolescent–mother comm. -.10* -.08 – .21*** .59*** -.12* -.05 -.07 -.04 -.11 67.32 16.33
4. Adolescent–father comm. -.10 -.22*** .34*** – .43*** -.11* -.09 -.02 .14 -.01 63.62 16.74
5. Family cohesion -.11* -.15** .49*** .48*** – -.13* -.05 -.07 -.08 -.19 27.92 6.49
6. Alcohol use .15* .18** -.01 -.09 -.08 – .48*** .78*** .08 .00 5.89 13.58
7. Drug use .10 .17** -.06 -.07 -.09 .56*** – .53*** .31* .19 .83 2.54
8. Binge drinking .06 .04 .06 -.06 .03 .87*** .53*** – .12 .02 2.17 7.82
9. Rules breaking behavior -.03 .26 -.05 .04 -.25 .27 .24 .49** – .83** 1.34 3.08
10. Aggressive behavior .07 .27 -.31* -.01 -.26 .22 .05 .15 .73*** – 1.97 3.37
Mean .17 .61 66.78 64.39 27.83 11.42 1.27 1.85 1.28 1.67 – –
SD .81 1.56 14.05 15.50 6.49 26.69 3.82 6.35 2.08 2.27 – –

Note. Correlations for boys are on the bottom panel and girls are on the top. Parental problem drinking, communication, and cohesion variables were measured at Time 1. Alcohol, drug, and externalizing behaviors were measured at Time 2. Adolescent-mother and adolescent-father communication are abbreviated “comm.” in this table.

*

p < .01;

**

p < .001;

***

p< .001.