Role of Parenting in Drug Use Among Black, Latino and White Adolescents

• NCJ Number: 214996
• Journal: Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: 2006 Pages: 39-50
• Author(s): Clifford L. Broman Ph.D.; Mark D. Reckase Ph.D.; Carol R. Freedman-Doan Ph.D.
• Date Published: 2006
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): DA14672
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the role of parenting in adolescent drug use for African-American, White, and Latino adolescents.

Abstract

Results indicate that parenting has a significant effect on drug use for these adolescents. The relationship between parenting and drug use was more strongly negative for the Latino adolescents. Greater parental warmth and family acceptance exerted stronger impact among Latinos in reducing drug use than was the case for the African-American and White adolescents. With regards to the analysis of parenting factors, results showed that the relationship of parenting to drug use differed across race-ethnic groups. This paper investigated the role of parenting in adolescent drug use for African-American, White and Latino adolescents. The study examined models of parenting for these groups of adolescents and evaluated whether similar models were applicable for the different groups of adolescents. References