caa a22 4500 477121780 CHVBK 20180405111638.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02229140 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02229140 Multilevel covariance structure analysis of sibling substance use and intrafamily conflict [Elektronische Daten] [Terry Duncan, Anthony Alpert, Susan Duncan, Hyman Hops] Conventional covariance structure analysis, such as factor analysis, is often applied to data that are obtained in a hierarchical fashion, such as siblings observed within families. A more appropriate specification is demonstrated which explicitly models the within-level and between-level covariance matrices of sibling substance use and intrafamily conflict. Participants were 267 target adolescents (mean age=13.11 years) and 318 siblings (mean age=15.03 years). The level of homogeneity within sibling clusters, and heterogeneity among families, was sufficient to conduct a multilevel covariance structure analysis (MCA). Parental and family-level variables consisting of marital status, socioeconomic status, marital discord, parent use, and modeling of substances were used to explain heterogeneity among families. Marital discord predicted intrafamily conflict, and parent marital status and modeling of substances predicted sibling substance use. Advantages and uses of hierarchical designs and conventional covariance structure software for multilevel data are discussed. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996 substance use nationallicence multilevel structural equation modeling analyses nationallicence siblings nationallicence parents nationallicence adolescents nationallicence Duncan Terry Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut Alpert Anthony Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut Duncan Susan Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut Hops Hyman Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 18/4(1996-12-01), 347-369 0882-2689 18:4<347 1996 18 10862 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02229140 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02229140 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duncan Terry Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alpert Anthony Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duncan Susan Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hops Hyman Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, 97403, Eugene, Oregon aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 18/4(1996-12-01), 347-369 0882-2689 18:4<347 1996 18 10862 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer