title: Parental Support, Mental Health, and Alcohol and Marijuana Use in National and High-Risk African-American Adolescent Samples.
abstract: African-American adolescents experience disproportionate rates of negative consequences of substance use despite using substances at average or below-average rates. Due to underrepresentation of African-American adolescents in etiological literature, risk and protective processes associated with their substance use require further study. This study examines the role of parental support in adolescents' conduct problems (CPs), depressive symptoms (DSs), and alcohol and marijuana use in a national sample and a high-risk sample of African-American adolescents. In both samples, parental support was inversely related to adolescent CPs, DSs, and alcohol and marijuana use. CPs, but not DSs, partially mediated the relation of parental support to substance use. Results were consistent across the national and high-risk samples, suggesting that the protective effect of parental support applies to African-American adolescents from a range of demographic backgrounds.
authors: Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Maslowsky
authors: Department of Psychology, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Schulenberg
authors: College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
authors: Lisa M
authors: LM
authors: Chiodo
authors: Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors: John H
authors: JH
authors: Hannigan
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors: Mark K
authors: MK
authors: Greenwald
authors: Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Janisse
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Sokol
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors: Virginia
authors: V
authors: Delaney-Black
keywords: African-American; alcohol; conduct problems; depressive symptoms; marijuana; parenting