@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol-specific parenting, adolescents' self-control, and alcohol use: a moderated mediation model",
journal="Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs",
year="2014",
author="Koning, Ina M. and van den Eijnden, Regina J. J. M. and Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.",
volume="75",
number="1",
pages="16-23",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: There is convincing evidence that parental rules about alcohol are important in curbing adolescents' alcohol use. However, little is known about the mechanisms through which the direct link between alcohol-specific parenting and alcohol use is obtained. In this study, we investigated the mediating effect of adolescent self-control on the relationship between alcohol-specific rules and adolescents' drinking behavior and whether this mediation effect depends on the level of quality of communication.   METHOD: A total of 883 adolescents participated in this longitudinal study at ages 13, 14, and 15 years.   RESULTS: Strict rules predicted lower rates of drinking, but no direct effect of the quality of communication on adolescents' alcohol use was found. A higher level of self-control was related to lower rates of drinking in adolescents. The indirect effect of rules about alcohol through adolescents' self-control was statistically significant, yet only in adolescents with high qualitative parent-child communication about alcohol. In adolescents with low quality of parent-child communication, self-control was not related to drinking.   CONCLUSIONS: These findings imply that strict rule setting in combination with qualitative parent-child communication is an important target for prevention. In addition, findings point at the importance of high qualitative parent-child communication for adolescents' motivation to engage in self-control to avoid drinking. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 75, 16-23, 2014).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1937-1888",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}