Four parenting scales to which both caregivers and adolescents responded at pretest and 5-month posttest were used to create the intervention-targeted parenting construct. Parental monitoring was assessed with a four-item scale for caregivers and a five-item scale for youths. On a response set ranging from 1 (never) to 4 (always), caregivers reported the regularity with which they knew about youths’ daily activities, and youths reported their perceptions of the regularity with which their caregivers knew their daily schedules. Cronbach’s alphas for the scales across pretest and posttest were above .65. Scores from both reporters were standardized and summed to create the parental monitoring scale. Reciprocal communication was assessed with a four-item scale. Caregivers and youths reported how often they discussed choice of friends, school, alcohol and substances, and sex. The response set ranged from 0 (never) to 4 (always or nearly every time). Cronbach’s alphas for the scales across pretest and posttest were above .77. Scores from both reporters were standardized and summed to create the reciprocal communication scale. Positive problem solving was assessed with a four-item scale. Caregivers and
