Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, internal consistency reliability, and inter-variable correlations of all measurement scales.

Caption	Self-Esteem	Self-Efficacy	Peers	School	Triad	Family	Violence	Cronbach’s α
Self-esteem	1.0							0.81 (8 items)
Self-efficacy	0.58 **	1.0						0.76 (10 items)
Peers	−0.07 **	0.05 **	1.0					0.70 (3 items)
School	0.26 **	0.13 **	−0.52 **	1.0				0.77 (13 items)
Triad	−0.05	0.07 *	0.57 **	−0.40 **	1.0			0.71 (3 items)
Family	−0.22 **	−0.10 **	0.29 **	−0.29 **	0.31 **	1.0		0.72 (3 items)
Violence	−0.11 **	0.03	0.59 **	−0.44 **	0.64 **	0.69 **	1.0	0.65 (5 items)
Mean	2.87	2.66	1.72	2.95	0.376	0.943	3.10
SD	0.52	0.39	0.58	0.39	0.69	0.851	3.06

Note: Peers, Susceptibility to negative peer pressure; School, Attachment /commitment to school; Triad, Triad’s influence; Family, Family conflict. Self-esteem, Self-efficacy, Peers, and School were coded in a four-point scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree /Surely Not) to 4 (Strongly Agree / Surely Yes); Triad and Family were coded in a five-point scale from 0 (Never) to 4 (Always); * p < 0.01, ** p < 0.001.