title: Parental Style and Its Association With Substance Use in Argentinean Youth.
abstract: In Europe and the United States, family relationships and parenting behavior can influence youth substance use, but less is known about their influence in Latin American countries.
  
  
  
  To explore whether parenting behavior is associated with substance use among Latin American youth.
  
  
  
  A cross-sectional, school-based survey of middle-school youth (n = 3172) in three Argentinian cities queried tobacco, alcohol, and drug use using items adapted from global youth surveys. Parenting behavior was assessed with previously validated items that tapped into demandingness and responsiveness, separately for mothers and fathers. Multilevel logistic regression models assessed associations between parenting behavior and substance use after adjusting for student characteristics, socioeconomic indicators, sensation seeking, and smoking amongst peers and family members.
  
  
  
  Substance use prevalence was 10% for current smoking, 32% for current drinking alcohol, 17% for past 30-day binge drinking (≥5 drinks), and 8% for previous year illicit drug use (marijuana or cocaine). Greater maternal demandingness was independently associated with lower likelihood of current smoking (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.77; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.64-0.92), current drinking (AOR = 0.81; 95% CI: 0.71-0.92), binge drinking (AOR = 0.77; 95% CI: 0.66-0.99, and drug use (AOR = 0.71; 95% CI: 0.61-0.83). No other parenting behavior were independently associated with substance use, except for paternal demandingness and binge drinking (AOR = 0.84; 95% CI: 0.74-0.97). For all outcomes, no interactions were found between parenting behavior and student gender.
  
  
  
  Among Argentine adolescents, maternal demandingness was the strongest and most consistent correlate of substance use, regardless of adolescent substance use behavior or gender.
authors.affiliation: a Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Elma I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Lorenzo-Blanco
authors.affiliation: a Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|c Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.affiliation: a Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morello
authors.affiliation: d Department of Tobacco Research , National Institute of Public Health (INSP) , Cuernavaca , Mexico.
authors.forename: Edna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arillo Santillan
authors.affiliation: e Department of Health and Human Performance , College of Charleston , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Christy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kollath-Cattano
authors.affiliation: f Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thrasher
authors.affiliation: g Department of Pediatrics , Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth , Lebanon , New Hampshire , USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sargent
authors.affiliation: a Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mejia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Adolescents; Argentina; Latin America; parenting; substance use