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Parenting practices as predictors of substance use, delinquency, and aggression among urban minority youth: Moderating effects of family structure and gender

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Griffin, Kenneth W., Botvin, Gilbert J., Scheier, Lawrence M., Diaz, Tracy, Miller, Nicole L.·2000·Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
DOI 10.1037/0893-164x.14.2.174PMC PMC3962786
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This study examined how parenting factors were associated with adolescent problem behaviors among urban minority youth and to what extent these relationships were moderated by family structure and gender.Sixth-grade students (N = 228) reported how often they use alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or engage in aggressive or delinquent behaviors; a parent or guardian reported their monitoring and other parenting practices.Findings indicated that boys and those from singleparent families engaged in the highest rates of problem behavior.More parental monitoring was associated with less delinquency overall, as well as less drinking in boys only.Eating family dinners together was associated with less aggression overall, as well as less delinquency in youth from single-parent families and in girls.Unsupervised time at home alone was associated with more smoking for girls only.Implications for prevention interventions are discussed.Research and theory on the etiology of problem behavior in childhood and adolescence often focus on the role of the family in the development of antisocial behavior (e.g., Hirschi, 1969;Jessor & Jessor, 1977;Patterson, DeBaryshe, & Ramsey, 1989; Steinberg, 1987a).An important factor examined in past studies has been family structure, and this research has shown that youth from single-parent families often have higher rates of problem behaviors including substance use (Hoffman, 1993;Turner, Irwin, & Millstein, 1991), aggression (Vaden-Kiernan, Ialongno, Pearson, & Kellam, 1995), school dropout (Astone & McLanahan, 1991), and teenage pregnancy (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985).Although the reasons for the higher rates of problem behavior among single-parent families remain unclear, a number of factors are likely to contribute.For example, single parents often have limited financial resources, greater social isolation, and fewer coping resources compared with parents in traditional two-parent families (Elder, Eccles, Ardelt, & Lord, 1995;Gabel, 1992;Norton & Glick, 1986).Also, youth from single-parent families appear to be more susceptible to peer pressure (Steinberg, 1987b) and more likely to make decisions without consulting a parent (Dornbusch et al., 1985).A separate body of research has shown that poor parenting practices are associated with similar negative behavioral outcomes among youth.Poor parental monitoring has been found to be associated with higher rates of adolescent substance use, particularly in terms of initiation of use at earlier ages (Chilcoat & Anthony, 1996;Steinberg, Fletcher, & Darling, 1994), and higher levels of delinquency and aggression (Patterson & Stouthamer-Loeber, 1984).Similarly, poor parent-child communication and poor parental support are frequently

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Authors
Griffin, K. W., Botvin, G. J., Scheier, L. M., Diaz, T., & Miller, N. L.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2000
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
174-184
ISSN
  • 0893-164X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1501
DOI
10.1037/0893-164x.14.2.174
PMC
PMC3962786
OpenAlex
W2022322275
Cited by
553
References
54
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FWCI
40.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R37 DA08905-03, R37 DA008905, P50 DA07656-06, P50DA007656, R03DA013015)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
parenting practices, adolescent substance use, delinquency, aggression, urban minority youth, family structure, single-parent families, gender differences, parental supervision, family meals, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, prevention interventions
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Aggression, Black or African American, Child, Female, Humans, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, New York City, Population Surveillance, Predictive Value of Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Sex Factors, Urban Population, Parenting, Substance-Related Disorders, Single-Parent Family, White People

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