TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting Practices among Biological Mothers of Drug-Involved Truant Youths
T2 - A Latent Profile Analysis
AU - Dembo, Richard
AU - Briones-Robinson, Rhissa
AU - Barrett, Kimberly L.
AU - Winters, Ken C
AU - Ungaro, Rocio
AU - Karas, Lora
AU - Belenko, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/9/3
Y1 - 2015/9/3
N2 - Research has confirmed the continuing influence of parents in the lives of children through adulthood. Although peer influence on youth attitudes, values, and behavior increases as they enter adolescence, parent influence remains a significant aspect of their lives. Relatively little is known about parenting practices, which are critical elements in the development of parenting styles, especially among parents of drug-involved truant youths (DITY). Latent profile analysis of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) data on parent practices among 190 biological mothers of DITY involved in an ongoing, prospective intervention study identified three distinct parent practice profiles: (a) low involvement and low positive parenting, (b) high involvement and positive parenting, and a low use of corporal punishment, and (c) the use of corporal punishment. Forty percent of mothers in this National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study report parenting practices that increase the risk of poor youth developmental outcomes. Analyses of collateral data supported the usefulness of the indicated profiles. The important implications of these findings for intervention services are discussed.
AB - Research has confirmed the continuing influence of parents in the lives of children through adulthood. Although peer influence on youth attitudes, values, and behavior increases as they enter adolescence, parent influence remains a significant aspect of their lives. Relatively little is known about parenting practices, which are critical elements in the development of parenting styles, especially among parents of drug-involved truant youths (DITY). Latent profile analysis of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) data on parent practices among 190 biological mothers of DITY involved in an ongoing, prospective intervention study identified three distinct parent practice profiles: (a) low involvement and low positive parenting, (b) high involvement and positive parenting, and a low use of corporal punishment, and (c) the use of corporal punishment. Forty percent of mothers in this National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study report parenting practices that increase the risk of poor youth developmental outcomes. Analyses of collateral data supported the usefulness of the indicated profiles. The important implications of these findings for intervention services are discussed.
KW - parent practices
KW - truant youth
KW - youth drug use
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U2 - 10.1080/1067828X.2013.829011
DO - 10.1080/1067828X.2013.829011
M3 - Article
C2 - 26478689
AN - SCOPUS:84938956733
SN - 1067-828X
VL - 24
SP - 282
EP - 294
JO - Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
JF - Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
IS - 5
ER -