Table 2.

Polychoric correlations between the risk factor and outcome variables^a

Variable		Heavy episodic use at age			Alcohol problems at age
	Age	16.5	17.5	20	16.5	17.5	20
Parental alcohol problems (PAP)	<12	.18	.18	.18	.16	.18	.18
Peer group deviance (PGD)	12.5	.23	.21	.08	.22	.22	.17
Antisocial behavior (ASB)	13.5	.27	.23	.13	.25	.18	.17
Low parental monitoring (LPM)	13.5	.26	.23	.09	.22	.23	.17
Sensation seeking (SS)	13.5	.28	.29	.18	.18	.20	.19
Antisocial behavior (ASB)	15.5	.32	.30	.16	.32	.31	.28
Low parental monitoring (LPM)	15.5	.17	.15	.06	.16	.12	.14
Peer group deviance (PGD)	17.5	.41	.41	.25	.34	.41	.34
Sensation seeking (SS)	18	.26	.26	.28	.12	.15	.22
Antisocial behavior (ASB)	18	.36	.36	.23	.29	.36	.31

Notes: All p values < .0001 except between LPM and heavy episodic use at age 17.5, where p < .001.

^aAll correlations are positive.