Parenting that supports autonomy and promotes open communication leads to better outcomes for adolescents. In an era of digital media, however, adolescent desire may conflict with parental mediation practices exert control over media use. A survey 356 U.S. parent-child dyads was conducted. Regression analyses showed withdrawing access as punishment is negatively associated perception autonomy-s...

objective: this survey aimed at studying the effects of socioeconomic and family factors in adolescents’ tendency towards smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug abuse. methods: using multistage sampling, 3530 high school students were selected in tehran, iran. they completed the iranian adolescents risk behavior scale questionnaire (iars) and demographic questionnaire with the main focus on the...

objective: this study was conducted to investigate parenting styles and associated variables in families of adolescents with and without conduct disorder (cd). method: we used a survey method to assess 120 parents (60 with and 60 without cd adolescents). for gathering the data, we administered parenting styles questionnaire (robinson, mandleco, olsen, & hart, 2001), and dsm iv (1994) criteria, ...

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. ...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety disorders in young people are a global health concern. Parents have an important role in reducing the risk of these disorders, but cost-effective, evidence-based interventions for parents that can be widely disseminated are lacking. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the postintervention effects of the Partners in Parenting (PiP) program on parenting risk ...

Research over the past 20 years suggests that the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship significantly affects the development of risk behaviors in adolescent health. The purpose of this paper is to present a review of studies published between 1996-2007 that address specific relationships between parenting styles and six priority adolescent risk behaviors. The review supports the substa...

BACKGROUND Adolescents in residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have poor outcomes post-discharge, with follow-up studies suggesting that most adolescents relapse within 90 days. Parenting practices directly influence adolescent SUD outcomes, but parents of adolescents with SUDs are difficult to engage in traditional behavioral treatments. The current study adapts and evaluates a t...