Table 2.

Correlations among key study variables

Measure	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Mother educationa	–
2. Mother employmentb	0.32***	–
3. Mother marital statusc	0.15	0.03	–
4. Adolescent age	− 0.05	0.10	− 0.08	–
5. Adolescent genderd	0.04	0.06	0.08	− 0.11	–
6. Adolescent ethnicitye	− 0.11	− 0.06	0.07	0.05	0.12	–
7. Mother BDI-II	− 0.07	− 0.29**	− 0.28**	− 0.10	− 0.04	− 0.06	–
8. Mother depression history	− 0.08	− 0.16	− 0.17	0.004	− 0.05	0.002	0.40***	–
9. Adolescent family stress	− 0.06	− 0.18*	− 0.02	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.40***	0.25**	–
10. Adolescent peer stress	0.13	− 0.03	− 0.01	0.04	− 0.05	0.03	0.28**	0.19*	0.43***	–
11. Adolescent anx/dep	0.02	− 0.27**	− 0.06	0.004	0.02	0.08	0.49***	0.25**	0.57***	0.58***

BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II, anx/dep anxious/depressed scale

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p ≤ 0.001

^a1 = greater than high school diploma or equivalent

^b1 = employed

^c1 = married or partnered

^d1 = male

^e1 = Caucasian