Table 2:

Bivariate Correlations Among Study Variables and With Potential Covariates.

	Father Support	Mother-Adolescent Relationship Quality	Romantic Anxiety	Romantic Avoidance
Father Support a	1
Mother-Adolescent Relationship Quality	.27*	1
Romantic Anxiety	−.15	−.12	1
Romantic Avoidance	−.18	−.14	.36**	1
EA Gender	−.08	−.05	−.23†	−.17
T5 Mother’s Financial Status	−.12	−.17	−.04	−.01
T5 Mother’s Education Level	−.12	−.13	−.05	−.04
EA Age	−.06	.05	.09	−.02
EA Relationship Status	.03	.14	−.17	−.48**
EA Race	−.05	.03	−.03	−.35**
EA Education Level	−.03	.05	−.32*	−.11

^**p < .01

^*p < .05

^†p < .10.

^aNote. Composite score was created by standardizing and averaging scores on the support and contact measures. Gender is coded as 0 = male, 1 = female. Relationship status is coded 0= no romantic partner, 1= romantic partner. Race is coded as Non-Hispanic White = 1, other = 0. Mother’s financial status is coded as 1–21 based on identification of annual income (1= Less than or equal to $5,000… 21= over $100,000). Mother’s education level is coded as 1= 8^th grade or less, 2= 9^th-11^th grade, 3=12^th grade, high school diploma, GED, 4= 1 year college, vocational/technical training, 5= 2 years college or technical, AA degree, 6= 3 years, but no college degree, 7= BS or BA degree, 8=MS, MA, MFA, etc., 9= Ph.D., JD, MD, etc. EA education level is coded as 1= 8^th grade or less, 2= 9^th-11^th grade, 3= 12^th grade, high school graduate; 4= GED, 5= 1 year college, vocational/technical training, 6= 2 years college or technical, AA degree, 7= 3 years of college but no college degree, 8= BS or BA degree, 9= MS, MA, MFA, etc., 10= PhD, JD, MD.