title: Perceived Parental Legitimacy as a Moderator of Parent-Child Communication's Effects on Latina/o Adolescent Substance Use.
abstract: Utilizing primary socialization theory (PST) and longitudinal survey data from 381 Latina/o sixth- through eighth-grade students, we hypothesized that four types of parent anti-substance use messages (i.e., parents' own past substance use, religious beliefs, respect for family, and peer resistance) would discourage Latina/o students' substance use, particularly when the students perceived their parents' anti-substance use messages were legitimate. The results supported moderation. For Latina/o students who thought that their parents' anti-substance use messages were legitimate, many of the anti-substance use messages were negatively related to substance use, but the associations were positive or nonsignificant for Latina/o students who thought that their parents' anti-substance use messages were not legitimate. The findings extend past work on PST and anti-substance use parent-child communication, highlighting the importance of perceived legitimacy and message content.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communication , University of California , Santa Barbara.
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kam
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communication , University of California , Santa Barbara.
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez Torres
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D058015:Health Communication; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology