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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Sci. 2019 Aug;20(6):894–903. doi: 10.1007/s11121-019-01018-0

Table 1:

Mean Scores for Parenting Practices and Marijuana Attitudes by Facebook Group Status

Total
(n = 85)
FB group
(n = 55)
Materials only
(n = 30)
Change from baseline
Item/Scale Baseline 6-month follow-up Baseline 6-month follow-up Baseline 6-month follow-up Total FB vs. Materials-only
Bonding
 How close is your relationship with your child?a 3.31 3.28 3.38 3.31 3.17 3.23 F = 0.02 F = 0.93
 How well do you get along with your child?b 2.72 2.75 2.76 2.78 2.67 2.70 F = 0.21 F = 0.02
 How often does your child share thoughts and feelings with you?c 3.96 4.01 4.05 4.04 3.80 3.97 F = 0.64 F = 1.00
Monitoring
 When your child is away from home, how often do you know where he/she is?c 3.46 3.46 3.55 3.49 3.30 3.40 F = 0.08 F = 0.93
 When your child is away from home, how often do you know who he/she is with?c 3.89 3.88 3.95 3.89 3.80 3.87 F = 0.02 F = 1.86
Family conflict
 Conflict scaled 1.94 1.84 1.89 1.84 2.02 1.85 F = 7.28** F = 2.30
Rewards
 Rewards scalec 3.17 3.18 3.24 3.18 3.05 3.18 F = 0.51 F = 3.81+
Rules
 Number of rules in the familye 12.18 12.63 12.27 12.64 12.03 12.63 F = 4.13* F = 0.25
Consistent discipline
 Discipline scalec 3.98 4.03 4.02 4.06 3.89 3.96 F = 1.44 F = 0.10
Attitudes about marijuana
 Ok for teens to use marijuanad 1.21 1.14 1.18 1.13 1.27 1.17 F = 1.79 F = 0.16
 Teen marijuana use is not harmfuld 1.39 1.32 1.27 1.29 1.60 1.37 F = 1.28 F = 1.75
Knowledge of marijuana law
 Number of correct answersf 2.13 2.19 2.07 2.25 2.25 2.07 F = 0.10 F = 2.86

Note: N = 85 reflects those of the original sample (n = 103) who completed the 6-month follow-up survey.

+

p < .10,

*

p < .05.

Response options:

a

Extremely close (4) Quite close (3) Somewhat close (2) Not close (1);

b

Very well (3) Moderately well (2) Not well at all (1);

c

Very often (5) Fairly often (4) Sometimes (3) Rarely (2) Never (1);

d

Strongly agree (4) Agree (3) Disagree (2) Strongly disagree (1);

e

Sum of rules in the family (0–14);

f

Sum of correct answers (0–3).