Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks
Open Access
- 1 December 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 166 (12), 1132-1139
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1372
Abstract
ObjectiveTo evaluate the relationship between the parenting style of an adolescent's peers' parents and an adolescent's substance use.DesignLongitudinal survey.SettingAdolescents across the United States were interviewed at school and at home.ParticipantsNationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States.Main ExposureAuthoritative vs neglectful parenting style of adolescent's parents and adolescent's friends' parents and adolescent substance use.Main Outcome MeasuresAdolescent alcohol abuse, smoking, marijuana use, and binge drinking.ResultsIf an adolescent had a friend whose mother was authoritative, that adolescent was 40% (95% CI, 12%-58%) less likely to drink to the point of drunkenness, 38% (95% CI, 5%-59%) less likely to binge drink, 39% (95% CI, 12%-58%) less likely to smoke cigarettes, and 43% (95% CI, 1%-67%) less likely to use marijuana than an adolescent whose friend's mother was neglectful, controlling for the parenting style of the adolescent's own mother, school-level fixed effects, and demographics. These results were only partially mediated by peer substance use.ConclusionsSocial network influences may extend beyond the homogeneous dimensions of own peer or own parent to include extradyadic influences of the wider network. The value of parenting interventions should be reassessed to take into account these spillover effects in the greater network.Keywords
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