The impact of parenting on risk cognitions and risk behavior: a study of mediation and moderation in a panel of African American adolescents.
Hypotheses concerning the extent to which adolescents' cognitions mediate the relation between parenting behaviors and adolescent substance use were examined in a panel of African American adolescents (N = 714, M age at Time 1 = 10.51 years) and their primary caregivers. A nested-model approach indicated that effective parenting (i.e., monitoring of the child's activities, communication about substances, and parental warmth) was related to adolescent substance use more than 5 years later. The parenting behaviors protected the adolescent from subsequent alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use through associations with two cognitive elements from the prototype/willingness model: favorable risk images (prototypes) and behavioral willingness. Additional analyses indicated that these protective effects were strongest among families residing in high-risk neighborhoods.
Cleveland
Michael J
MJ
Iowa State University, USA. mcleveland@umassd.edu
Gibbons
Frederick X
FX
Gerrard
Meg
M
Pomery
Elizabeth A
EA
Brody
Gene H
GH
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D001364:Awareness; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D009042:Motivation; D017008:Negotiating; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D001741:Black or African American