Sex differences in the association between parental monitoring and substance use initiation among adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Parental involvement and supervision (i.e., "parental monitoring;" PM) is generally inversely associated with substance use among youth; yet, specific features of this association remain unclear. This study examined PM as a prospective predictor of substance use initiation across adolescence and whether associations generalize across a range of substances and by sex.

Methods

Participants were enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study of high school students from Southern California. We assessed, among never-users at baseline (2014; participants were in 10th grade), the role of PM in 8 substance use initiation outcomes (initiation of 7 individual substances or categories of substances: alcohol, cigarettes, electronic (e-) cigarettes, cigars, marijuana, stimulants,

SUBMITTER: Keogh-Clark F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8351618 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature