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Research Article

Parent and Peer Influence on Recreational Use of Pain Medication: Are Their Influences Similar to That of Marijuana Use?

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for marijuana misuse by groups defined by any lifetime misuse of OTC or prescription pain medication versus no such misuse.


	No OTC/Prescription misuse ()		(1) Parent	(2) Peer	(3) RP	(4) Life use	(5) Gender	OTC/Prescription misuse ()
	M	SD	(1) Parent	(2) Peer	(3) RP	(4) Life use	(5) Gender	M	SD

(1) Parent disapproval	4.86	0.44		.312*	.305*	−.047	.112	4.61	0.62
(2) Peer disapproval	3.67	1.32	.252*		.626*	−.574*	.043	2.72	1.34
(3) Risk perception	5.36	1.74	.254*	.465*		−.604*	.169	3.83	2.10
(4) Lifetime use	1.36	0.82	−.252*	−.407*	−.536*		−.139	2.58	1.73
(5) Gender	0.63	0.48	.008	.078	.223*	−.080		0.50	0.50

Descriptive statistics are shown separately for respondents who reported zero OTC or prescription misuse and respondents who reported nonzero OTC or prescription misuse because the path model for marijuana variables differed significantly depending on this grouping variable (see rightmost column). Correlations for respondents reporting zero OTC or prescription pain medication misuse are below the main diagonal. Correlations for respondents reporting nonzero OTC or prescription pain medication misuse are above the main diagonal. The asterisks indicate significant correlations.
OTC: over the counter; RP: risk perception.
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