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The Impact of Parenting on Risk Cognitions and Risk Behavior: A Study of Mediation and Moderation in a Panel of African American Adolescents
Author(s) -
Cleveland Michael J.,
Gibbons Frederick X.,
Gerrard Meg,
Pomery Elizabeth A.,
Brody Gene H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00885.x
Subject(s) - moderation , psychology , mediation , developmental psychology , parenting styles , moderated mediation , cognition , child rearing , social psychology , clinical psychology , political science , law , neuroscience
Hypotheses concerning the extent to which adolescents' cognitions mediate the relation between parenting behaviors and adolescent substance use were examined in a panel of African American adolescents ( N =714, M age at Time 1=10.51 years) and their primary caregivers. A nested‐model approach indicated that effective parenting (i.e., monitoring of the child's activities, communication about substances, and parental warmth) was related to adolescent substance use more than 5 years later. The parenting behaviors protected the adolescent from subsequent alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use through associations with two cognitive elements from the prototype/willingness model: favorable risk images (prototypes) and behavioral willingness. Additional analyses indicated that these protective effects were strongest among families residing in high‐risk neighborhoods.