the presence of another domain will have on the childs marijuana usage. For all the analyses, the dependent variable was the adolescents frequency of marijuana use during the year before the interview. Results Pearson correlation coefficients were computed to examine the association between the father attributes, the father child relationship factors, and the frequency of the adolescents past year marijuana usage. (See table below). Correlation Coefficients between Scale Measures and Frequency of Past Year Adolescent Marijuana Use Scale Measures Adolescent Marijuana Use Father AIDS 0.07 Father Marijuana use 0.25* Father Admiration-Youth -0.20* Mother Admiration-Youth -0.36*** Father Affection-Youth -0.28** Mother Affection-Youth -0.29** Youth Mother Warmth-Father -0.22* Youth Father Warmth-Father -0.18+ Father child-centerness-Youth -0.20* Mother child-centerness-Youth -0.27** Father Conflict-Youth 0.24* Mother Conflict-Youth 0.26** Youth Father Discipline-Father -0.23* Father Extreme Autonomy-Youth 0.21* Mother Extreme Autonomy 0.24* Youth Father Extreme Autonomy-Father 0.17+ (Table continues) Correlation Coefficients between Scale Measures and Frequency of Past Year Adolescent Marijuana Use Scale Measures Adolescent Marijuana Use Father Rules-Youth -0.25* Mother Rules-Youth -0.29** Youth Mother Rules-Father -0.44*** Youth Father Rules-Father -0.22* Father Time Spent-Youth -0.17+ Mother Time Spent-Youth -0.35*** Youth Mother Time Spent-Father -0.24* Youth Father Time Spent-Father -0.22* Mother Similarity-Youth -0.33*** Mother Emulation-Youth -0.37*** Father Emulation-Youth -0.20* +p * 0.1 ; *p * 0.05 ; **p * 0.01 ; ***p * 0.001. This table consists of only the scales significantly related to the adolescent marijuana usage with the exception of father AIDS. From the table above, we see that the greater the fathers marijuana usage the more frequent his child will use marijuana. A close parent-child mutual attachment, the more admiration...
