Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-20-2018
Abstract
The current study examines the relationships among adolescent reports of parent–adolescent drug talk styles, family communication environments (e.g., expressiveness, structural traditionalism, and conflict avoidance), and adolescent substance use. ANCOVAs revealed that the 9th grade adolescents (N = 718) engaged in four styles of “drug talks” with parents (e.g., situated direct, ongoing direct, situated indirect, and ongoing indirect style) and these styles differed in their effect on adolescent substance use. Multiple regression analyses showed that expressiveness and structural traditionalism were negatively related to adolescent substance use, whereas conflict avoidance was positively associated with substance use. When controlling for family communication environments and gender, adolescents with an ongoing indirect style reported the lowest use of substance. The findings suggest implications and future directions for theory and practice.
Recommended Citation
Shin, Y., Miller-Day, M., & Hecht, M. L. (2019). Differential effects of parental “drug talk” styles and family communication environments on adolescent substance use. Health Communication, 34(8), 801-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1439268
Copyright
Taylor & Francis
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Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Other Communication Commons, Substance Abuse and Addiction Commons
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Health Communication, volume 34, issue 8, in 2019, available online at DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1439268. It may differ slightly from the final version of record.