TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the Potential Causal Relationship Between Parental Knowledge and Youth Risky Behavior
T2 - a Propensity Score Analysis
AU - Lippold, Melissa A.
AU - Coffman, Donna L.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Society for Prevention Research.
PY - 2014/12
Y1 - 2014/12
N2 - This longitudinal study aims to explore the potential causal relationship between parental knowledge and youth risky behavior among a sample of rural, early adolescents (84 % White, 47 % male). Using inverse propensity weighting, the sample was adjusted by controlling for 33 potential confounding variables. Confounding variables include other aspects of the parent–child relationship, parental monitoring, demographic variables, and earlier levels of problem behavior. The effect of parental knowledge was significant for youth substance and polysubstance use initiation, alcohol and cigarette use, attitudes towards substance use, and delinquency. Our results suggest that parental knowledge may be causally related to substance use during middle school, as the relationship between knowledge and youth outcomes remained after controlling for 33 different confounding variables. The discussion focuses on understanding issues of causality in parenting and intervention implications.
AB - This longitudinal study aims to explore the potential causal relationship between parental knowledge and youth risky behavior among a sample of rural, early adolescents (84 % White, 47 % male). Using inverse propensity weighting, the sample was adjusted by controlling for 33 potential confounding variables. Confounding variables include other aspects of the parent–child relationship, parental monitoring, demographic variables, and earlier levels of problem behavior. The effect of parental knowledge was significant for youth substance and polysubstance use initiation, alcohol and cigarette use, attitudes towards substance use, and delinquency. Our results suggest that parental knowledge may be causally related to substance use during middle school, as the relationship between knowledge and youth outcomes remained after controlling for 33 different confounding variables. The discussion focuses on understanding issues of causality in parenting and intervention implications.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11121-013-0443-1
DO - 10.1007/s11121-013-0443-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 24292890
AN - SCOPUS:84888257716
SN - 1389-4986
VL - 15
SP - 869
EP - 878
JO - Prevention Science
JF - Prevention Science
IS - 6
ER -