TY - JOUR
T1 - 35-Year-Old Parents Do Not Approve of 17-Year-Olds’ Cigarette, Marijuana, or Alcohol Use
T2 - U.S. National Data 1993–2018
AU - Mehus, Christopher J.
AU - Patrick, Megan E.
AU - Schulenberg, John
AU - Maggs, Jennifer L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The development of this study, including data collection and analysis, was supported by research grants R01DA001411 , R01DA016575 , R01DA037902 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse , the National Institutes of Health . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Purpose: Parents’ attitudes about adolescent substance use likely guide their parenting behaviors. This study documents prevalence of parents’ disapproval of adolescent substance use and characteristics associated with disapproval. Methods: Survey data from national samples of 35-year-old parents from the U.S. Monitoring the Future study were collected 1993–2018. Multivariable logistic regression examined predictors of disapproving attitudes about substance use by a hypothetical 17-year-old child, including occasional marijuana use or drunkenness, and regular cigarette, marijuana, or alcohol use. Results: Across all cohorts, rates of disapproving attitudes ranged from 93.7% disapproving of getting drunk occasionally to 97.2% disapproving of regular cigarette use, with some erosion in disapproval for some substances across cohorts. Parents’ own recent abstinence from substance use predicted greater odds of disapproval. Conclusions: The overwhelming majority of 35-year-old parents disapprove of adolescent substance use. Prevention and public health messaging can support parenting by sharing this important information.
AB - Purpose: Parents’ attitudes about adolescent substance use likely guide their parenting behaviors. This study documents prevalence of parents’ disapproval of adolescent substance use and characteristics associated with disapproval. Methods: Survey data from national samples of 35-year-old parents from the U.S. Monitoring the Future study were collected 1993–2018. Multivariable logistic regression examined predictors of disapproving attitudes about substance use by a hypothetical 17-year-old child, including occasional marijuana use or drunkenness, and regular cigarette, marijuana, or alcohol use. Results: Across all cohorts, rates of disapproving attitudes ranged from 93.7% disapproving of getting drunk occasionally to 97.2% disapproving of regular cigarette use, with some erosion in disapproval for some substances across cohorts. Parents’ own recent abstinence from substance use predicted greater odds of disapproval. Conclusions: The overwhelming majority of 35-year-old parents disapprove of adolescent substance use. Prevention and public health messaging can support parenting by sharing this important information.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.01.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 35241361
AN - SCOPUS:85125471107
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 70
SP - 989
EP - 992
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 6
ER -
