Parental knowledge/monitoring and adolescent substance use: A causal relationship?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many studies have shown that parental knowledge/monitoring is correlated with adolescent substance use, but the association may be confounded by the many preexisting differences between families with low versus high monitoring. We attempted to produce more rigorous evidence for a causal relation using a longitudinal design that took advantage of within-family fluctuations in knowledge/monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method

Youth (N = 8,780, age range = 10.5-15.6 years) at 21 sites across the United States completed up to seven surveys over 12 months. Youth reported on their parents' knowledge/monitoring of their activities and their substance use in the past month. Regressions were fit to within-family changes in youth-perceived knowledge/monitoring

SUBMITTER: Pelham WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10169542 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature