Investigating the potential causal relationship between parental knowledge and youth risky behavior: a propensity score analysis.
Prev Sci
; 15(6): 869-78, 2014 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24292890
ABSTRACT
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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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pais
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Assunção de Riscos
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Comportamento Infantil
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prev Sci
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article