TABLE 3.

Communication Topics Exchanged with Parents, Peers, and Romantic Partners During 4 days Across High School

		Average Frequency of Utterance per Participant						Percentage of Communication About Each Topic
	N	Antisoc. Comm.	Neg. Comm.	Neutral Comm.	Pos. Comm.	Sexual Comm.	Total Utterances	Antisoc. Comm.	Neg. Comm.	Neutral Comm.	Pos. Comm.	Sexual Comm.
Grade 9
Parent(s)	172	0.04	0.57	6.27	0.92	0.00	7.80	0.52%	7.31%	80.39%	11.78%	0.00%
Peer(s)	172	5.44	41.11	184.50	32.77	4.74	268.55	2.02%	15.31%	68.70%	12.20%	1.76%
Romantic partner(s)	76	3.95	49.74	177.46	57.51	17.62	306.28	1.29%	16.24%	57.94%	18.78%	5.75%
Total	172	7.28	64.56	272.53	59.83	12.54	416.74	1.75%	15.49%	65.40%	14.36%	3.01%
Grade 10
Parent(s)	180	0.11	0.88	12.52	1.05	0.02	14.57	0.76%	6.02%	85.89%	7.21%	0.11%
Peer(s)	180	9.62	47.88	319.78	40.58	5.39	423.26	2.27%	11.31%	75.55%	9.59%	1.27%
Romantic partner(s)	102	8.05	59.33	317.68	69.93	30.33	485.32	1.66%	12.23%	65.46%	14.41%	6.25%
Total	180	14.32	82.62	514.37	81.46	22.66	715.43	2.00%	11.55%	71.90%	11.39%	3.17%
Grade 11
Parent(s)	178	0.08	0.49	11.45	0.98	0.01	13.01	0.60%	3.80%	88.00%	7.56%	0.04%
Peer(s)	178	13.75	46.61	281.32	39.40	5.62	386.70	3.56%	12.05%	72.75%	10.19%	1.45%
Romantic partner(s)	109	8.29	58.87	265.48	65.47	24.07	422.18	1.96%	13.94%	62.88%	15.51%	5.70%
Total	178	19.02	84.45	461.27	81.31	20.60	666.65	2.85%	12.67%	69.19%	12.20%	3.09%
Grade 12
Parent(s)	180	0.24	1.44	18.03	2.13	0.01	21.84	1.12%	6.59%	82.53%	9.74%	0.03%
Peer(s)	180	13.73	49.37	235.42	39.53	4.97	343.01	4.00%	14.39%	68.63%	11.53%	1.45%
Romantic partner(s)	118	5.14	53.88	201.04	49.84	12.27	322.18	1.60%	16.72%	62.40%	15.47%	3.81%
Total	180	17.40	86.67	390.54	75.13	13.04	582.79	2.99%	14.87%	67.01%	12.89%	2.24%

Note. Each grade represents 4 days of coded communication.