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Parental monitoring and adolescent alcohol risk in a clinic population
Kenneth H Beck1, Jennifer R Boyle, Bradley O Boekeloo
1Laboratoryfor Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. kb9@umail.umd.edu
Objectives:
To assess the association between parental monitoring and adolescent alcohol risk.
Methods:
Adolescent managed-care patients completed a survey of their involvement with alcohol and their perceptions of monitoring and other forms of parental influence.
Results:
Frequent monitoring was associated with less likelihood that adolescents had engaged in a variety of alcohol-risk behaviors or had been in a variety of risk situations. Choosing to share alcohol-related concerns with other adults and placing importance on parents' opinions were not as consistently related to alcohol risk.
Conclusions:
The need to enhance parental monitoring as a proactive protective parental response is indicated.
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