Correlates of Participation in a Family-Directed Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention Program for Adolescents

Abstract

This study examined correlates of program initiation and completion in a family-directed program that involved families of adolescents throughout the United States. Correlates varied by whether program initiation, program completion, or the number of activities completed was the indicator of participation. In final regression models, participation was relatively likely by non-Hispanic whites when compared with persons of race/ethnicity other than white, black, and Hispanic; by families with a female adolescent as the program recipient; by families with mothers who had many years of education; and by families with both parents living in the household. There was more participation if parents thought their child would smoke in the future and if the parent thought the adolescent did not smoke currently. Participation was higher if the adolescent felt strongly attached to the parent and if parents did not smoke. The findings are considered in the context of similar programs and future research on family-directed programs to prevent adolescent tobacco and alcohol use.

Telephone counseling to implement best parenting practices to prevent adolescent problem behaviors

“…For parents, we use the 4-item (α=0.67) responsiveness measure from the "Why Family Matters" study [35]. We also developed and pre-tested a checklist of 10 common parent-teen current conflict issues (Parent α=0.71; Teen α= 0.68).…”

Participación parental en intervenciones familiares para prevenir drogodependencias: una revisión empírica

“…In contrast to these findings, a number of studies demonstrated that lower parent participation is linked to higher severity of child behavior problems (Orrell-Valente, Pinderhughes, Valente, Laird & Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, 1999;Bauman et al, 2001;August et al 2003;Dumas et al, 2006;Quinn et al, 2010). For example, some research indicates a negative association between family participation and child aggression (Quinn et al, 2010).…”

“…Some of the results that have been accumulated on this subject have shown that families of low attending parents have the following specific characteristics: a) low education level and low socioeconomic status; b) single-parent families; c) absence of biological fathers from the home and; d) larger family size (Bauman, Ennett, Foshee, Pemberton & Hicks, 2001;Haggerty et al, 2002;August et al, 2003;Heinrichs, Bertram, Kuschel, & Hahlweg, 2005;Coatsworth, Duncan, Pantin & Szapocznik, 2006;Connell et al, 2007). In addiction, Barkley and colleagues (2000) found that parental education was a stronger predictor of parent participation than socioeconomic status or parental depression.…”

“…Prior research (Spoth, Redmond, Hockaday, & Shin, 1996;Spoth, Goldberg & Redmond, 1999;Bauman et al, 2001) has concluded that parental participation in workshops to prevent drug abuse had no relationship with parent reports of youth behavioral problems. As so, the authors have pointed out that perceived risk for child problems may not be a crucial determinant on parent engagement.…”

“…Los estudios anteriores (Spoth, Redmond, Hockaday, y Shin, 1996;Spoth, Goldberg y Redmond, 1999;Bauman et al, 2001) concluyeron que la participación parental en talleres para prevenir el abuso de drogas no tenía ninguna relación con los informes de los padres respecto a los problemas conductuales de los hijos. Por ello, los autores señalaron que el riesgo percibido de problemas filiales podía no ser participación parental en intervenciones familiares preventivas de toxicodependencias: una revisión bibliográfica empírica [ 51 ] un determinante crucial de la implicación parental.…”