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Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity of classifiersa

From: Identifying binge drinkers based on parenting dimensions and alcohol-specific parenting practices: building classifiers on adolescent-parent paired data

Correctly identified binge drinkers/non-binge drinkers (%) based on

Rules

Communication

Support

Psychological control

Behavioural control

…adolescents' perceptions and parents' reports

53.7

44.3

30.8

18.9

15.9

74.9

76.6

81.9

84.3

82.3

…parents' reports

58.2

33.8

7.5

31.8

17.4

78.3

81.9

93.0

71.9

88.3

…adolescents' perceptions of both parents

64.7

33.8

21.4

20.9

20.4

65.9

77.3

84.6

79.3

81.6

…adolescents' perceptions of mother only

55.7

31.3

20.4

18.9

36.8

68.9

87.3

89.0

81.6

68.2

…adolescents' perceptions of father only

60.2

28.9

18.9

20.4

22.9

63.9

81.3

84.6

75.6

84.6

  1. aPerformances for binge drinkers (first row; sensitivity) and non-binge drinkers (second row; specificity)