How Does Parental Monitoring Reduce Adolescent Substance Use? Preliminary Tests of Two Potential Mechanisms

CONCLUSION: In this community-based sample of teens, we failed to support prior punishment-centric theories of how monitoring might reduce teen substance use. Rather, monitoring may directly discourage teens from using substances regardless of whether it increases parents' awareness of substance use or results in more punishment. Replication in other samples and contexts is needed.PMID:38227391 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00297

Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - January 16, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: William E Pelham Susan F Tapert Marybel R Gonzalez Uzoma Ahiarakwe Herry Patel Isabella S Davis Alejandro Meruelo Amandine M Van Rinsveld Andrew T Marshall Anthony Steven Dick Mathieu Guillaume Gaya J Dowling Arielle Baskin-Sommers Sandra A Brown Source Type: research