Table 4.

Correlations among risk factors and teen dating violence for boys and girls

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1. Threatening behavior	—	.26	.23	.52	.23	.13	.15	.08	−.08	.26	.23	.20	.26	.09	.21	−.33	−.21
2. Verbal/emotional abuse	.27	—	.19	.35	.15	.11	.16	.16	−.09	.21	.09	.22	.18	.09	.17	−.16	.02
3. Relational abuse	.28	.21	—	.18	.19	.21	.18	.00	−.09	.13	.16	.09	.10	.10	.02	−.16	−.05
4. Physical abuse	.44	.29	.24	—	.24	.14	.18	.09	−.11	.26	.21	.25	.21	.02	.20	−.32	−.15
5. Sexual abuse	.29	.24	.18	.24	—	.22	.08	.18	−.15	.21	.21	.17	.20	.01	.26	−.10	−.07
6. Stalking	.17	.09	.19	.20	.18	—	.07	.00	−.08	.08	.23	.14	.09	.04	.09	−.07	−.09
7. Bully/victim	.15	.27	.15	.30	.21	.08	—	−.33	−.38	.22	.09	.17	.15	.06	.06	−.08	−.04
8. Bully perpetration only	.04	.03	.00	−.03	.05	−.05	−.28	—	−.21	.13	−.01	.11	.09	.01	.06	−.06	−.06
9. Bully victimization only	−.08	−.07	−.04	−.09	−.07	−.07	−.27	−.14	—	−.08	.02	−.14	−.13	.14	−.10	.06	.06
10. Delinquency/fighting	.12	.22	.13	.17	.18	.06	.26	.12	−.11	—	.20	.31	.36	.10	.25	−.17	−.04
11. Weapon carry	.02	.08	.08	.10	.12	.14	.10	.09	−.07	.24	—	.18	.22	.01	.23	−.09	−.10
12. Alcohol use	.15	.26	.10	.12	.24	.04	.15	.12	−.14	.37	.17	—	.40	.08	.23	−.09	−.20
13. Drug use	.10	.14	.06	.15	.14	.05	.13	.10	−.13	.33	.38	.38	—	.05	.41	−.05	−.10
14. Emotional symptoms	.12	.14	.14	.08	.12	.13	.18	−.07	.06	.07	.05	.04	.05	—	.00	−.04	−.05
15. Sex initiation	.17	.21	.11	.21	.18	.08	.03	.05	−.08	.20	.30	.24	.33	−.07	—	−.03	−.11
16. Attitudes toward female violence	−.10	−.09	−.08	−.18	−.06	−.10	−.11	.02	.00	−.11	−.07	−.11	−.06	−.11	−.06	—	.32
17. Attitudes toward male violence	−.15	−.07	−.12	−.16	−.05	−.12	−.10	−.03	.13	−.10	−.10	−.08	−.08	−.06	−.05	.34	—

Total N = 848 girls and N = 772 boys. Sample per item, and therefore correlation, varies. Significant correlations p < .05 are shown in boldface.

Boys are below the diagonal; girls above.