Parental Socialization and Adolescents' Alcohol Use Behaviors: Predictive Disparities in Parents' Versus Adolescents' Perceptions of the Parenting Environment

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Parental Socialization and Adolescents' Alcohol Use Behaviors: Predictive Disparities in Parents' Versus Adolescents' Perceptions of the Parenting Environment

Shawn J. Latendresse Richard J. Viken Jaakko Kaprio Danielle M. Dick Richard J. Rose Lea Pulkkinen

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Male Parents juominen Health Behavior 030508 substance abuse Social Environment Developmental psychology Conflict Psychological Surveys and Questionnaires model-selection Developmental and Educational Psychology Parenting styles Child sopetutuminen media_common Observer Variation säätö Parenting 05 social sciences Socialization Adolescent alcohol huumaavien aineiden käyttö latent structure-analysis Clinical Psychology Female 0305 other medical science Psychology agreement 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology Adolescent Alcohol Drinking media_common.quotation_subject substance use Article 03 medical and health sciences Predictive Value of Tests käyttäytymismallit Perception neglectful families Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences mallin valinta kuviot Child rearing Socialization Moderate level Social environment pätevyys Conflict (Psychology)kompetenssi aika välinpitämättömät perheet

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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 17½. 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. peerReviewed

year	journal	country	edition	language
2009-03-14	Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

https://doi.org/10.1080/15374410802698404