Citation

West JH, Blumberg EJ, Kelley NJ, Hill LL, Sipan CL, Schmitz KE, Kolody B, Chambers CD, Friedman LS, Hovell MF. J. Child Adolesc. Subst. Abuse 2013; 22(2): 120-132.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1067828X.2012.730359

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Parents can impact adolescent substance use, but it is unclear which substances are most affected. This study compared associations between parenting behaviors and alcohol and tobacco use to see if parenting was equally related to both behaviors. Alcohol and tobacco use data were collected from 252 Latino adolescents living along the San Diego-Tijuana border. Logistic regression was used to test parenting behaviors' impact. Parenting was protective against alcohol use but not related to tobacco use. Substance-using peers affected both alcohol and tobacco use. Alcohol prevention efforts among Latino adolescents should target parenting behaviors.

Language: en