BACKGROUND The aim of the present study is to investigate whether general parenting factors (i.e., quality parent-child relationship, psychological control, strict control, parental knowledge) and parental smoking add to The theory of planned behaviour [Organ Behav. Hum. Dec. 50 (1991) 179] in predicting the onset of smoking. A mediation model is applied in which parental factors affect smoking...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the effects of perceived parental attitudes on children's discernment of cigarettes. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study sample consisted of 250 children attending grades 6, 7 and 8. Data were collected via a socio-demographic survey questionnaire, the Parental Attitude Scale (PAS) and the Decisional Balance Scale (DBS). Data analysis covered percen...

The aim of this study was to test whether maternal smoking-specific communication and parental smoking related to smoking cognitions (i.e. attitude, self-efficacy and social norm) derived from the Theory of Planned Behaviour in association with smoking onset during preadolescence. A total of 1478 pairs of mothers and children participated (mean age: 10.11; standard deviation = 0.78). Structural...

3 In this paper we examine the effects of preadolescent parenting strategies on timing of adolescents' dating and sexual initiation. Using data from the two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households (1987-88 and 1992-94) involving interviews with parents as well as adolescents four years later, we estimate the effects of preadolescent parental support, coercive control, and monito...

This article is based on a qualitative study exploring parents’ attitudes and perceptions of their role in their children’s eating habits in schools in Angus, Scotland. Parents believed they had different degrees of influence on their children’s eating habits. This article will examine these different perceptions of parental responsibility for children’s eating habits to explore how parents vie...

EDRS Price MF-$0.25 HC-$0.30 Descriptors-Attitude Tests, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Motivation, *Parent Influence, Parent Role, Parents, *Personality Change, *Students, Testing There is increasing evidence that significant personality changes take place during adolescence and early adulthood. Among 10.000 high school seniors tested, the group intending to go to college differed...

Based on qualitative analysis of 39 in depth interviews with Dutch mothers, this paper firstly explores if differences in primary socialization are relevant to an understanding of Dutch mothers' current diverse (personal) gender role attitudes. Secondly, it addresses the interplay of a mother's own gender role attitude and those of her partner and peers. The findings reveal that Dutch mothers' ...