title: Parental knowledge and adolescent adjustment: substance use and health-related quality of life.
abstract: This study analyses two models (maternal and paternal) in which parental care and sources of parental knowledge moderated the relationship between parents' knowledge about their adolescents' lives and adolescents' substance use and health-related quality of life. The sample was made up of 15942 Spanish adolescents who participated in the 2006 edition of Health Behavior in School-aged Children Study. Results showed that increased parents' knowledge about their adolescents' lives reduced adolescents' substance use and increased their quality of life. With respect to the moderation relationship, a limited effect was found. However, parental care and sources of parental knowledge used by both parents generally had main effects on adolescents' substance use and health-related quality of life, with care being the most relevant variable in the health-related quality of life, while knowledge was the most relevant one for substance use.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Sevilla, C/ Camilo José Cela, s/n. 41018 Sevilla, Spain. amjimigl@us.es
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Iglesias
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Granado-Alcón
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013030:Spain; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*