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

Autor: Cimon-Paquet C; Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada., Véronneau MH; Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada., Mathys C; Department of Criminology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. cecile.mathys@uliege.be.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of youth and adolescence [J Youth Adolesc] 2024 Jul; Vol. 53 (7), pp. 1666-1682. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 28.
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-01948-1
Abstrakt: 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 (M age  = 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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Databáze: MEDLINE
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