Parenting Styles and Substance Use during Childhood and Adolescence.

Coombs, Robert H.; Landsverk, John

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ERIC Number: EJ378522

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Parenting Styles and Substance Use during Childhood and Adolescence.

Coombs, Robert H.; Landsverk, John

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v50 n2 p473-82 May 1988

Found parent-youth sentiment and power varied markedly among four continuous groups of 443 drug-using/drug-abstaining youth between the ages of 9 and 17. Suggests that prosocial behaviors are enhanced when behavioral expectations are clearly specified and reinforced with praise, encouragement, and other positive rewards. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Discipline, Drug Use, Expectation, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Parenting Styles, Positive Reinforcement, Prosocial Behavior, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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