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Protective Effects of Parent–College Student Communication During the First Semester of College

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Small, Meg L., Morgan, Nicole, Abar, Caitlin, Maggs, Jennifer L.·2011·Journal of American College Health
DOI 10.1080/07448481.2010.528099PMC PMC3117230
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OBJECTIVE: Recent studies suggest that parents maintain influence as their adolescents transition into college. Advances in communication technology make frequent communication between parents and college students easy and affordable. This study examines the protective effect of parent-college student communication on student drinking behaviors, estimated peak blood alcohol concentration (eBAC), and serious negative consequences of drinking. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 746 first-year, first-time, full-time students at a large university in the United States. METHODS: Participants completed a baseline and 14 daily Web-based surveys. RESULTS: The amount of time spent communicating with parents on weekend days predicted the number of drinks consumed, heavy drinking, and peak eBAC, consistent with a protective within-person effect. No association between communication and serious negative consequences was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Encouraging parents to communicate with their college students, particularly on weekend days, could be a relatively simple, easily implemented protective process to reduce dangerous drinking behaviors.

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Authors
Small, M. L., Morgan, N., Abar, C., & Maggs, J. L.
Affiliations
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Brown University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of American College Health
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2011-06
Volume
59
Issue
6
Pages
547-554
ISSN
  • 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
  • 0744-8481
  • 1940-3208
DOI
10.1080/07448481.2010.528099
PMC
PMC3117230
OpenAlex
W2076557776
Cited by
58
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3
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FWCI
3.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA016016)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
college drinking, heavy drinking, peak blood alcohol concentration, alcohol-related consequences, weekend drinking, first-year college students, protective factors, parental influence
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholic Intoxication, Communication, Female, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Risk-Taking, Statistics as Topic, Students, Time Factors, United States, Universities, Health Behavior, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, Young Adult

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