Children of African-American mothers who use crack cocaine: parenting influences on youth substance use.
J Pediatr Psychol
; 32(8): 877-87, 2007 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17522115
ABSTRACT
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 x 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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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Black or African American
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Parenting
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Crack Cocaine
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Cocaine-Related Disorders
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Mother-Child Relations
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Mothers
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Pediatr Psychol
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States