Parental Monitoring and Its Association With Alcohol, Tobacco Cigarettes, and Cannabis Initiation in the United States Adolescent Population.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Limiting time with friends (LTWF), a facet of parental monitoring, may be protective for newly incident adolescent alcohol, tobacco cigarette, and cannabis use.

Methods

We extended epidemiological evidence based on estimates from nationally representative samples of US adolescents aged 12-17 years, across 18 years of independent samples of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2002-2019). We estimated the prevalence of always LTWF, and odds ratios examining incident alcohol, tobacco cigarette, and cannabis use by LTWF within age and cohort.

Results

The prevalence of always LTWF decreased with older age within study year and cohort. The odds of alcohol initiation were lower among youth reporting their parents were always LTWF. The odds of tobacco cigarett

SUBMITTER: Brincks AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11738667 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature