Parental-adolescent drug use discussions: physiological responses and associated outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although talking to youth about drugs is often recommended to parents, we know little about how parents actually discuss drugs with their children in the moment and how parental advice is linked to youth arousal and substance use. This study examined observed parental drug use advice and parenting behaviors during parent-adolescent drug use discussions and associations with adolescent physiological responses and substance use.

Methods

Fifty-eight 12-17 year olds and their primary caregivers participated in a laboratory session in which parents and youth discussed the topic of alcohol and/or drug use for 10 minutes. This discussion was videotaped and coded for drug use advice (rules against drug use, information on drug use consequences, scenarios or learning advice [

SUBMITTER: Chaplin TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4393944 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature