Parenting characteristics in predicting adolescent smoking and drinking expectancies and intentions.
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Title
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Parenting characteristics in predicting adolescent smoking and drinking expectancies and intentions.
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Identifier
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AAI3037392
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identifier
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3037392
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Creator
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Chapman, Robin P.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Helen Johnson
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Date
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2002
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Cognitive | Psychology, Behavioral | Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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This study investigated the impact of parenting on early adolescent expectancies and intentions related to cigarette and alcohol use. Two aspects of parenting that were examined in this study were parenting styles and parental modeling. The study utilized self-report data collected from eight parochial schools located in the Bronx and upper Manhattan. The subject pool consisted of 420 seventh grade students. Information was gathered using a questionnaire format. The items on the questionnaire addressed characteristics of the student, the student's perception of family beliefs and practices, and the student's intentions and expectancies regarding smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. An active consent procedure was used in order to procure parental consent for children to participate in the study.;Results from this investigation support previous work that indicates that both parental style and parental modeling play an important role in preadolescent substance use. Specifically, this study lends support to and extends the body of work that has found that of the three parenting style variables (i.e., support, control, and monitoring), parental monitoring is the most important contributor and predictor of preadolescent smoking and drinking cognitions and actual use. With regard to parental modeling, this study indicated that for smoking, mothers had more of an influence on their children's smoking cognitions and actual cigarette use compared to fathers. The results for drinking showed that children who perceived an adult that they live with as drinking tended to have higher intentions to drink, however, they did not adhere to more negative drinking expectancies.;This research study has important implications for school psychologists as they have an instrumental role in substance use prevention in the schools and communities. School psychologists need to be informed of the importance of certain aspects of parenting, such as parenting style and parental modeling, and how these aspects contribute to the development of adolescent cognitions and eventual substance usage. It would be beneficial to inform psychologists of intervention strategies that may be used with preadolescents and their families in order to facilitate the prevention of substance usage.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
