Parental socialization and adolescents' alcohol use behaviors: predictive disparities in parents' versus adolescents' perceptions of the parenting environment.
Among adolescents, many parenting practices have been associated with the initiation and development of drinking behaviors. However, recent studies suggest discrepancies in parents' and adolescents' perceptions of parenting and their links with adolescent use. In this study, we derive two independent sets of underlying parenting profiles (based on parent and adolescent reported behaviors at age 11-12 years), which were then examined in relation to adolescents' drinking behaviors at ages 14 and 17(1/2). Results indicated that the two sets of profiles accounted for little shared variance, with those based on adolescents' reports being stronger predictors of adolescent drinking. Moreover, comparisons of drinking levels across profiles pointed to multiple parenting strategies that may effectively reduce adolescent alcohol experimentation, including simply sustaining a moderate level of awareness of adolescents' whereabouts and activities and avoiding excessive conflict and strictness.
Latendresse
Shawn J
SJ
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219-1534, USA. slatendresse@vcu.edu
Rose
Richard J
RJ
Viken
Richard J
RJ
Pulkkinen
Lea
L
Kaprio
Jaakko
J
Dick
Danielle M
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires