BACKGROUND Adolescence has been identified as a critical period with regard to the initiation and early escalation of alcohol use. Moreover, research on familial risk and protective processes provides independent support for multiple domains of parental influence on adolescent drinking; including parents' own drinking behaviors, as well as the practices they employ to socialize their children. ...

backgroundnutrition behaviors of adolescent girls is of serious health concerns. although nutrition education interventions in iran have met with some success, most of them could not promote nutrition behavioral changes. the aim of our study is to determine a school-based nutrition education intervention to improve adolescents’ nutrition behaviors and behavioral mediators based on the social co...

Parental attitudes and behaviors can influence gender expression in adolescence. In particular, previous work surveying parents of pre-adolescents has suggested that parental toward nonconformity children correlate with adolescents’ subsequent gender-nonconforming behavior, although this relationship differs based on the sex child. However, not directly measured children’s experiences their par...

AIMS To assess the influence of peer alcohol use during adolescence on young adults' alcohol use and abuse, and to assess to what extent parents' perception of their adolescent child's friends and adolescent's self-control modify this influence. METHODS We analyzed data from the first, third, and fourth wave of a population-based prospective cohort study of 2230 adolescents conducted between ...

Main results 59 adolescents reported suicide ideation (7%) and 36 reported suicide attempts (4%). Parents identified 6 of these 59 suicide ideation reports (10%) and 2 of the reported suicide attempts (6%). Correlates of reported suicidality differed between parents and children (table). Internalising mental disorders, stressful family events, regular tobacco use and parent-adolescent relations...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to (i) segment parents of early adolescents into subgroups according to their Ca-rich-food (CRF) practices and perceptions regarding early adolescent CRF intake and (ii) determine whether Ca intake of parents and early adolescents differed by subgroup. DESIGN A cross-sectional convenience sample of 509 parents and their early adolescent children completed a questionn...

The current study examined the independent effects of parents' educational attainment and occupational status on adolescent smoking and mediation of smoking-specific communication and parents' smoking behaviours on this link. Data were collected in a multi-informant, full-family design in two sampling waves separated by 3 years (n = 358). Education, occupational status, communication, and smoki...

This study examined the direct and indirect associations of general and smoking-specific parenting practices with Chinese adolescents' smoking behaviors. Adolescents aged 14-17 years (N = 658) and their parents were recruited from three high schools in mainland China. Adolescents completed an anonymous online survey on their smoking behaviors, perceptions of parenting behaviors, and smoking-rel...

AIMS To describe the family background of street children in Aracaju, Brazil, their parents' perception of street life, and the reasons for the high prevalence of males observed among street children. METHODS Cross sectional study using semi-structured interviews and qualitative focus group discussions with parents of purposively selected index street children. RESULTS Fifty eight families ...