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28-02-2024 | Empirical Research

Beyond the Laws: Parental Monitoring, Perceived Acceptability of Underage Drinking and Alcohol Use Among Belgian Youth

Auteurs: Catherine Cimon-Paquet, Marie-Hélène Véronneau, Cécile Mathys

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 7/2024

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Abstract

Parental monitoring behaviors are negatively associated with adolescent substance use. Yet, the processes explaining these associations are still unclear. The current study examined adolescents’ knowledge of minimum legal drinking age laws and their perceived acceptability of underage drinking as potential mediators of the links between parental monitoring behaviors and youth alcohol use. The sample included 1154 Belgian adolescents (Mage = 16.34, SD = 1.33; 71% girls), who were recruited in Wallonia (54.9%) and in Flanders (45.1%). Path analyses revealed that higher parental rule setting, but not solicitation, was related to lower alcohol use. Acceptability of underage drinking mediated this link, but not knowledge of the laws. Results suggest that beyond laws regulating the minimum legal drinking age, alcohol use prevention programs should consider the importance of parental rule setting and youth’s perceived acceptability of underage drinking.
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Parental rules are often referred to as parental control in the parental monitoring literature. However, the authors chose to use the terms “parental rules” throughout the manuscript to reduce confusion with psychological control (e.g., external pressure, guilt-inducing behaviors, punishments, and threats; see Omer et al., 2016 for the difference between behavioral and psychological control).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Beyond the Laws: Parental Monitoring, Perceived Acceptability of Underage Drinking and Alcohol Use Among Belgian Youth
Auteurs
Catherine Cimon-Paquet
Marie-Hélène Véronneau
Cécile Mathys
Publicatiedatum
28-02-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 7/2024
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01948-1

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