Do Adolescent Perceptions of Parents’ Alcohol Consumption Undermine or Enhance What Parents Say About Alcohol? The Interaction Between Verbal and Nonverbal Messages

Kam, Jennifer A.; Basinger, Erin D.; Abendschein, Bryan

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“…For example, a number of studies have found that effective parental monitoring of adolescent activities can reduce risk for substance use (Fosco, Stormshak, Dishion, & Winter, 2012;Griffin, Botvin, Scheier, Diaz, & Miller, 2000;Van Ryzin, Fosco, & Dishion, 2012). Research also supports a link between parent-adolescent relationship quality and adolescent substance use (Hummel, Shelton, Heron, Moore, & Bree, 2013;Ledoux, Miller, Choquet, & Plant, 2002;Van Ryzin et al, 2012), as well as effective parent-youth communication and adolescent substance use (Kam, Basinger, & Abendschein, 2015;Kam, Castro, & Wang, 2015;Kam & Middleton, 2013;Miller-Day & Dodd, 2004;Miller-Day & Kam, 2010;Reimuller, Hussong, & Ennett, 2011;Zaharakis, Taylor, & Kliewer, 2015).…”

Section: Family Communication and Substance Use Preventionmentioning

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“…This led to a third generation of SUD family communication research conducted by Kam (2011) and colleagues examining parent-adolescent communication about substances as a protective factor against adolescent substance use (Kam, 2011;Kam, Basinger, et al, 2015;Lee & Kam, 2015;MillerDay & Kam, 2010), but also exploring peer prevention communication (Kam, 2011;Kam, FigueroaCaballero, & Basinger, 2016a;Kam, Krieger, Basinger, & Figueroa-Caballero, 2016b;, and ethnic similarities and differences between non-Latino/a Whites and Latinos/as in parentyouth communication about substances (Kam & Cleveland, 2011;Kam & Middleton, 2013;Kam, Potocki, & Hecht, 2014a;Kam, Wang, & Harvey, 2014b;Kam & Yang, 2014).…”

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Miller-Day

2017

Journal of Family Communication

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Miller-Day

2017

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“…Recent research has begun to explore the direct and indirect effects of parent disclosures of substance use on adolescents’ substance use attitudes and behaviors (Kam et al 2015; Kam and Middleton 2013), with some evidence suggesting that parent disclosures may be associated with more approving attitudes and perceived parental approval among younger adolescents (Kam and Middleton 2013). The results of the factor analysis suggest that parent disclosures are related to other permissive messages.…”

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“…One potential explanation for these inconsistent findings is that communication is multidimensional and the construct has been operationalized differently across studies (Ennett et al 2001; Kam et al 2015; Napper et al 2015b). Parent communication about marijuana could include warnings about potential risks, discussion of parental disapproval, or tips on handling peer pressure.…”

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“…On the basis of previous alcohol research that indicates that permissive communication may be related to greater risk behaviors (Abar et al 2012), we hypothesized that permissive communication would be more strongly positively related to student marijuana approval, use, and negative consequences compared to warnings about the risks of marijuana. Furthermore, we expected perceived parental approval of marijuana to be positively related to permissive communication and negatively associated with communication related to the negative consequences of use (Kam et al 2015). …”

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Being Blunt About Marijuana: Parent Communication About Marijuana with Their Emerging Adult Children

2016

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While research suggests that parents continue to influence students' marijuana use after matriculation to college, there is limited data examining how parents communicate about marijuana use and what impact parent marijuana communication has on college student outcomes. The aim of the current study is to investigate the types of parent marijuana messages that college students receive and the relationship between parent communication and students' marijuana attitudes and behaviors. Students (N = 506) completed a survey assessing marijuana approval, use, negative consequences, and parent communication. A factor analysis of parent communication items yielded three factors: risk communication, permissive communication, and marijuana use communication. Risk communication was the most common form of communication. In multivariate models, risk communication was associated with increased odds of a student remaining abstinent but not with frequency of marijuana use or negative consequences. Greater permissive communication was associated with more approving student attitudes, greater odds of non-abstinence, more frequent use in the past year, and more negative consequences. These findings highlight the need to consider the different types of messages parents deliver when designing interventions aimed at engaging parents in marijuana prevention efforts. Keywords Marijuana use; Parent communication; College; Marijuana consequencesMarijuana is the most commonly used recreational drug by college students in the USA (Johnston et al. 2013). Since 2006, marijuana use has increased by 35 %, and it is projected Correspondence to: Lucy E. Napper, Lucy.Napper@lehigh.edu. Compliance with Ethical StandardsThe universities' Institutional Review Boards approved all measures and procedures prior to data collection. Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.Ethical Approval All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Informed Consent Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. HHS Public AccessAuthor manuscript Prev Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 October 01.Published in final edited form as:Prev Sci. 2016 October ; 17(7): 882-891. doi:10.1007/s11121-016-0681-0. Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript Author Manuscriptto continue to increase due to various changes in its legal status (Johnston et al. 2013). Heavy marijuana use is associated with a number of negative academic outcomes, including memory problems, missing class, and poor academic performance (Buckner et al. 2012;Caldeira et al. 2008;Norberg et al. 2011). Given both the increase of marijuana use by college students and the potential negative consequences, it is important to identify and understand the social and environmental factors that contribute...

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The role of perceived injunctive alcohol norms in adolescent drinking behavior

Pedersen

Osilla

Miles

et al. 2017

Addictive Behaviors

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Peers have a major influence on youth during adolescence, and perceptions about peer alcohol use (perceived norms) are often associated with personal drinking behavior among youth. Most of the research on perceived norms among adolescents focuses on perceived descriptive norms only, or perceptions about peers’ behavior, and correcting these perceptions are a major focus of many prevention programs with adolescents. In contrast, perceived injunctive norms, which are personal perceptions about peers’ attitudes regarding the acceptability of behaviors, have been minimally examined in the adolescent drinking literature. Yet correcting perceptions about these perceived peer attitudes may be an important component to include in prevention programs with youth. Using a sample of 2,493 high school-aged youth (mean age = 17.3), we assessed drinking behavior (past year use; past month frequency, quantity, and peak drinks), drinking consequences, and perceived descriptive and injunctive norms to examine the relationships of perceived injunctive and descriptive norms on adolescent drinking behavior. Findings indicated that although perceived descriptive norms were associated with some drinking outcomes (past year use; past month frequency; past month quantity; peak drinks), perceived injunctive norms were associated with all drinking outcomes, including outcomes of consequences, even after controlling for perceived descriptive norms. Findings suggest that consideration of perceived injunctive norms may be important in models of adolescent drinking. Prevention programs that do not include injunctive norms feedback may miss an important opportunity to enhance effectiveness of such prevention programs targeting adolescent alcohol use.

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Do Adolescent Perceptions of Parents’ Alcohol Consumption Undermine or Enhance What Parents Say About Alcohol? The Interaction Between Verbal and Nonverbal Messages

Cited by 25 publications

References 48 publications

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Introduction to Special Issue

Being Blunt About Marijuana: Parent Communication About Marijuana with Their Emerging Adult Children

The role of perceived injunctive alcohol norms in adolescent drinking behavior

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