Table 2.

Bivariate correlations between adolescents’ own motives, perceived motives, and potential covariates.

Own Motives	Perceived Friend Motives				Perceived Parent Motives				Covariates
Own Motives	Cope-Abv	Conform	Social	Enhance	Cope-Abv	Conform	Social	Enhance	Age	¹Years	Since Initiation	Alcohol Frequency
Cope	.54^**	.32^**	.37^**	.45^**	.28^**	.13	.07	.29^**	.14		.08	.45^**
Conform	.19	.44^**	.22^*	.17	.31^**	.20^*	.15	.27^**	.06	−.05		−.00
Social	.40^**	.32^**	.71^**	.59^**	.26^**	.12	.31^**	.41^**	.16	−.01		.49^**
Enhance	.38^**	.23^*	.55^**	.58^**	.19	.05	.14	.29^**	.12		.01	.53^**
Perceived Friend Motives
Cope – Abv	–	–	–	–	.29^**	.24^*	.19	.32^*	.31^*		.00	.22^*
Conform	–	–	–	–	.19	.22^*	.17	.15	.17	−.04		.11
Social	–	–	–	–	.19	.16	.36^**	.35^**	.38^**		.01	.31^**
Enhance	–	–	–	–	.26^*	.19^*	.28^*	.39^**	.31^*	−.00		.32^**

Note. N = 105; Cope-Abv refers to the three-item scale created for Perceived Coping Motives for Parents and Friends. See text; Years Since Initiation refers to the number of years since their first alcoholic beverage;

N = 103 due to missing cases on this variable only.

p ≤ .05.

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p≤.001.