Parental Support, Mental Health, and Alcohol and Marijuana Use in National and High-Risk African-American Adolescent Samples

Overview

Journal Subst Abuse

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2016 Feb 5

PMID 26843811

Citations 8

Authors

Julie Maslowsky

John Schulenberg

Lisa M Chiodo

John H Hannigan

Mark K Greenwald

James Janisse

Robert J Sokol

Virginia Delaney-Black

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Abstract

African-American adolescents experience disproportionate rates of negative consequences of substance use despite using substances at average or below-average rates. Due to underrepresentation of African-American adolescents in etiological literature, risk and protective processes associated with their substance use require further study. This study examines the role of parental support in adolescents' conduct problems (CPs), depressive symptoms (DSs), and alcohol and marijuana use in a national sample and a high-risk sample of African-American adolescents. In both samples, parental support was inversely related to adolescent CPs, DSs, and alcohol and marijuana use. CPs, but not DSs, partially mediated the relation of parental support to substance use. Results were consistent across the national and high-risk samples, suggesting that the protective effect of parental support applies to African-American adolescents from a range of demographic backgrounds.

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