ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2024
How Does Parental Monitoring Reduce Adolescent Substance Use? Preliminary Tests of Two Potential Mechanisms.
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- Friends, family, and community influences on adolescent development: A review of impactful findings from the ABCD study®.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Is parental monitoring just a way to acquire knowledge? Re-evaluating a Re-conceptualization.JCPP advances · 2025Article
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- Associations Between U.S. High-School Student and Parental Job Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Student Substance Use: Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES), 2021.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Theory for How Parental Monitoring Changes Youth Behavior.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Digital Location Tracking of Children and Adolescents: A Theoretical Framework and Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Review
- The ABCD and HBCD Studies: Longitudinal Studies to Inform Prevention Science.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2024Review
- Predictors and Prevalence of Alcohol and Cannabis Co-use Among Filipino Adolescents: Evidence From a School-based Student Health Survey.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to test two non-exclusive mechanisms by which parental monitoring might reduce teen substance use. The first mechanism (M1) is that monitoring increases punishment for substance use since parents who monitor more are more likely to find out when substance use occurs. The second mechanism (M2) is that monitoring directly prevents/averts teens from using substances in the first place for fear that parents would find out.
methodA total of 4,503 teens ages 11-15 years old in 21 communities across the United States completed a survey reporting on parents' monitoring/knowledge and teens' substance use.
resultsWe found no support for M1: Parents with greater parental monitoring were not more likely to be aware when the teen had used substances (odds ratios = 0.79-0.93,
conclusionsIn this community-based sample of teens, we failed to support prior punishment-centric theories of how monitoring might reduce teen substance use. Rather, monitoring may directly discourage teens from using substances regardless of whether it increases parents' awareness of substance use or results in more punishment. Replication in other samples and contexts is needed.
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