Associations of parenting styles with substance use in the offspring-A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Issues

Parenting styles have been suggested to predict the use of psychoactive substances in the offspring, although the size of associations might vary between cultures. The present meta-analysis tested whether parenting styles show concurrent and longitudinal associations with substance use and whether this association is moderated by study characteristics.

Approach

A systematic search in electronic data bases resulted in 184 studies that were included in multi-level meta-analysis.

Key findings

An authoritative parenting style correlated with lower substance use (r =-0.12, confidence interval [CI] -0.14 to -0.10) while the reverse was found for neglectful (r = 0.10, CI 0.08 to 0.13), permissive (r = 0.04, CI 0.01 to 0.07) and authoritarian parenting (r = 0.03, CI 0.

SUBMITTER: Pinquart M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743216 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature