What Does Parental Involvement Mean in Preventing Adolescents' Use of Alcohol? An Integrative Review

Mynttinen, Mari; Pietilä, Anna‐Maija; Kangasniemi, Mari

doi:10.1080/1067828x.2017.1306471

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“…The current study examined whether three elements of social capital (parental monitoring, friend and teacher support) moderate the association between perceived discrimination and substance use (problematic alcohol use and cannabis use) ( Lorenzo-Blanco et al, 2017 ; Walsh et al, 2018 ) among immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents in Israel. Firstly, findings of the current study in which all three social capital measures were directly related to lower levels of substance use are in line with previous studies showing an association between parental monitoring ( Gossrau-Breen et al, 2010 ; Thompson et al, 2015 ; Mynttinen et al, 2017 ), friend support ( Wills et al, 2004 ) and teacher support ( Walsh et al, 2010 ) and alcohol and cannabis use.…”

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“…The relationship between adolescent parent and peer relationships and involvement in substance use has been well-researched. Elevated levels of positive parental relationships, in particular parental monitoring ( Abar et al, 2015 ; Mynttinen et al, 2017 ) have been found to be negatively related to lower substance use ( Lac and Crano, 2009 ; Thompson et al, 2015 ; Donaldson et al, 2016 ). In their analysis of parental monitoring, Stattin and Kerr (2000) suggest that the, far from being about parental control or even parental activity, parental monitoring is about child disclosure and about the existence of a parental–child relationship in which positive communication and support channels mean that the young person shares with their parents what they are doing.…”

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Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

2018

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Literature highlights the relationship between perceived discrimination and frequency and severity of alcohol and cannabis use. One mechanism for explaining this is the nature of perceived discrimination as a potentially traumatic interpersonal stressor, which can lead to the depletion of social and personal resources. Within a Recovery Capital (RC) framework, the current study explores whether the existence of social capital in the form of parental monitoring, friend and teacher support can buffer the relationship between perceived discrimination and alcohol and cannabis use among immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents, by replenishing the depleted resources. The study included a representative sample of 8,598 students in Israel, aged 11–18, from the Health Behaviors of School Aged Children (HBSC) 2013–2014 data: 1503 immigrant adolescents from the Former Soviet Union [FSU] (N = 955) and Ethiopia (N = 548) and 7086 non-immigrants. Results confirmed that perceived discrimination was positively related to substance use; all three forms of social capital were negatively related to alcohol and cannabis use and moderated the relationship between perceived discrimination and substance use, with the exception of friend support in the case of alcohol use. When all three social capital measures were included together, the adult social capital measures were significant predictors of substance use. Results suggest that levels of social capital, especially as provided by parents and teachers, can help young people, both immigrant and majority group adolescents, to cope with perceived discrimination.

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Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

2018

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“…Previous studies showed that when parents got involved, they were able to decrease how much alcohol adolescents drank 6. Parents did this through parental monitoring, suitable family rules and respectful parent‐child communication 11. Research has shown that adolescents were more likely to make healthy choices and decisions if they lived in families where there was open communication 10,12.…”

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Parents’ perspective on their responsibilities with regard to adolescents’ use of alcohol

Mynttinen

Pietilä

Kangasniemi

2019

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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Parents' perspective on their responsibilities with regard to adolescents' use of alcohol Background: Parents have responsibilities when their adolescent offspring use alcohol, but little is known about their views on the topic. This knowledge would help healthcare organisations to develop practices to help parents meet their responsibilities. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe parents' perceptions and experiences of their responsibilities and what support they needed to tackle underage drinking. Design and methods: This Finnish study was carried out in 2017. It used a qualitative descriptive method that involved carrying out semi-structured interviews with 20 parents of adolescents aged 14-15 years. The data were analysed using inductive content analysis. Results: Parents described that it was their responsibility to prevent problems that could have a negative impact on their adolescents' well-being. When it came to their responsibilities with regard to adolescents using alcohol, parents saw these as guiding and protecting their child, being aware of how parents used alcohol themselves, the way they communicated with adolescents and the rules they set about experimenting with alcohol. Parents said that receiving collaborative support from peers, community and professionals working in health and social care services would be useful. This could help them to prevent adolescents using alcohol, tackle problems that occurred when adolescents drank and enable parents to play a responsible role in their local community. Conclusion: Parents recognised that they had responsibilities to prevent alcohol having a negative impact on adolescents' well-being. They wanted to ensure that adolescents made sensible and responsible decisions when it came to using alcohol. Parents described that the most important form of support was peer support from other parents. The findings of this study can be used to inform the development of preventive healthcare services and support parents to meet their responsibilities with regard to tackling underage drinking.

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“…Each of the identified programs focused on influencing specific parenting factors associated with preventing or reducing alcohol use among adolescents including; parents' restrictive attitudes, parent-child communication, alcoholspecific rule setting and parental monitoring. These forms of parental involvement have been described in previous studies as important protective factors for risky drinking behaviors in adolescents [17,86].…”

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“…Concerningly, in each of the studies assessing parental monitoring practices no program effects were observed. Operating as one of the strongest protective factors for adolescent alcohol use [6,13,92], parental monitoring has been found to minimize underage alcohol use [4,93] improve adolescents' self-efficacy to refuse alcohol [86] and improve family closeness [6].…”

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A systematic review of parent based programs to prevent or reduce alcohol consumption in adolescents

Hurley

Dietrich

Rundle‐Thiele

2019

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Background. Adolescent alcohol consumption is an issue of ongoing concern and programs targeting parents have been identified as an important component in minimizing and preventing alcohol related harm in adolescents. This paper aims to evaluate existing parent based alcohol education programs with a focus on understanding parent specific outcomes including parental attitudes, parent-child communication, alcohol specific rule setting and parental monitoring; study quality, the extent of stakeholder engagement in program design and the level of theory application. Method. A systematic review of electronic databases EBSCO, Emerald, ProQuest, PubMed, Ovid, ScienceDirect, Taylor and Francis and Web of Science was conducted from database inception to August 2019. A total of 4288 unique records were retrieved from the eight databases. Studies were included if they evaluated school based alcohol education programs that included a parent component and detailed outcome measures associated with parent data. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) quality assessment tool. Results. In total 17 studies qualified for assessment, detailing 13 individual parent programs. Of these, ten programs demonstrated positive effects in at least one parent reported outcome measure. Stakeholder engagement during the design of programs was lacking with the majority of programs. One third of the programs did not report theory use and when theory was used reporting was weak with three programs applying theory, five testing theory and none building theory. According to the EPHPP tool, overall ten programs were rated as weak, three as moderate and none as strong. Conclusion. Future studies are recommended to further enhance the effectiveness of parental programs by improving study quality, increasing stakeholder engagement and increasing the level of theory application and reporting.

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What Does Parental Involvement Mean in Preventing Adolescents' Use of Alcohol? An Integrative Review

Cited by 12 publications

References 58 publications

Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

Social Capital as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Immigrant and Non-immigrant Adolescents in Israel

Parents’ perspective on their responsibilities with regard to adolescents’ use of alcohol

A systematic review of parent based programs to prevent or reduce alcohol consumption in adolescents

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