TY - JOUR
T1 - Children of African-American mothers who use crack cocaine
T2 - Parenting influences on youth substance use
AU - Lam, Wendy K.K.
AU - Cance, Jessica D.
AU - Eke, Agatha N.
AU - Fishbein, Diana H.
AU - Hawkins, Stephanie R.
AU - Williams, J. Cassie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Coop. Agreement No. R18/CCR420942. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC. We thank all the participants, field staff, and research team for their dedication to the study. Conflict of interest: None declared.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Objective: To examine relationships between parenting behaviors, parent-child relationship, and moderating effects of age on youth substance use among a community sample of African-American mothers who use crack cocaine and their children (12-17 years). Methods: Maternal-child dyads (n = 208) were recruited through street outreach and snowball sampling and completed interviews about substance use and parenting. Results: Regression analyses found significant main effects of youth age, family conflict, warmth, and disapproval of youth substance use on children's substance use. Age × Parenting interactions were significant for conflict and disapproval. Higher family conflict increased older youths' risk, while higher perceived maternal disapproval protected against substance use for older youth. Conclusions: Family influences may offer risk and protective effects for adolescent children of maternal drug users. Outreach and family-focused interventions that address family conflict and communication of disapproval of substance use may help reduce intergenerational risk transmission. However, longitudinal research with comprehensive parenting assessments is needed.
AB - Objective: To examine relationships between parenting behaviors, parent-child relationship, and moderating effects of age on youth substance use among a community sample of African-American mothers who use crack cocaine and their children (12-17 years). Methods: Maternal-child dyads (n = 208) were recruited through street outreach and snowball sampling and completed interviews about substance use and parenting. Results: Regression analyses found significant main effects of youth age, family conflict, warmth, and disapproval of youth substance use on children's substance use. Age × Parenting interactions were significant for conflict and disapproval. Higher family conflict increased older youths' risk, while higher perceived maternal disapproval protected against substance use for older youth. Conclusions: Family influences may offer risk and protective effects for adolescent children of maternal drug users. Outreach and family-focused interventions that address family conflict and communication of disapproval of substance use may help reduce intergenerational risk transmission. However, longitudinal research with comprehensive parenting assessments is needed.
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm015
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm015
M3 - Article
C2 - 17522115
AN - SCOPUS:36649005391
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 32
SP - 877
EP - 887
JO - Journal of pediatric psychology
JF - Journal of pediatric psychology
IS - 8
ER -