The Role of Perceived Parental Knowledge on Emerging Adults' Risk Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Nelson, Larry J.; Madsen, Stephanie D.; Barry, Carolyn McNamara
Titel	The Role of Perceived Parental Knowledge on Emerging Adults' Risk Behaviors
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 7, S.847-859 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9268-1
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Drug Use; Drinking; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Sexuality; Risk; Health Behavior; Knowledge Level; Mothers; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Trinken; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Wissensbasis; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to gain a clearer understanding of the relation between parents' knowledge of their emerging-adult children and emerging adults' risk behaviors. Participants included 200 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 25 (121 women, 78 men; M [subscript age] = 19.59, SD = 1.62) and both of their parents. Results revealed that knowledge of the emerging-adult child's activities varied as a function of parent- and child-reports, and that child outcomes associated with parental knowledge were generally positive, including less drinking, drug use, and risky sexual behavior (although this varied as a function of reporter). The links between maternal knowledge and lower drug and alcohol use were particularly strong in the presence of maternal closeness. Implications for understanding the parent-child relationship during the transition to adulthood were discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10