Descriptive statistics and zero-order correlations among the parental externalizing problems, life events, and adolescent externalizing measures are shown in Table 2. The six CBCL externalizing measures were highly intercorrelated, rs 0.63 – 0.82 (M = 0.74), and the six life events measures were modestly intercorrelated, rs 0.32 – 0.59 (M = 0.43). The two TRF externalizing measures were moderately intercorrelated, r = .44. There were positive associations between life events and cross-lagged CBCL externalizing, rs 0.23 – 0.39 (M = 0.30). Life events and cross-lagged TRF externalizing were positively correlated at age 12 (r = 0.16) but not at age 13 (r = .05). Parental antisocial behavior and alcohol problems were positively related, although this effect was modest, r = .15.
