Parent-Adolescent Congruence for Adolescent Substance Use

Parental reports of adolescent substance use (from 758 mothers and 420 fathers) were compared to the self-reports of 763 adolescents (390 females and 373 males) using identical scales. Congruence--defined as exact agreement about use--varied between substances and was related to the ages and grade p...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1990-12, Vol.19 (6), p.623-635
Main Author: Langhinrichsen, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol use
Biological and medical sciences
Comparative Analysis
Congruence (Psychology)
Drug abuse
Drug Use
Families & family life
Marijuana
Medical sciences
Parent Attitudes
Parent Child Relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Secondary Education
Secondary School Students
Self Report Measures
Smoking
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social research
Sociocultural environment
Student Reaction
Substance Abuse
Teenagers
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Summary:Parental reports of adolescent substance use (from 758 mothers and 420 fathers) were compared to the self-reports of 763 adolescents (390 females and 373 males) using identical scales. Congruence--defined as exact agreement about use--varied between substances and was related to the ages and grade point averages of the adolescents. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/BF01537181