Parental Monitoring and the Prevention of Problem Behavior: A Conceptual and Empirical Reformulation

AbstractConduct problems are a general risk factor for adolescent alcohol use. However, their role in relation to alcohol-specific risk pathways of intergenerational transmission of alcohol use is not well understood. Further, the roles of alcohol-specific contextual influences on children's early alcohol use have been little examined. In a 20-year prospective, multimethod study of 83 fathers and their 125 children, we considered the predictors of child alcohol use by age 13 years. The predictors included fathers' adolescent antisocial behavior and alcohol use, both parents' adult alcohol use, norms about and encouragement of child use, parental monitoring, child-reported exposure to intoxicated adults, and parent-reported child externalizing behaviors. Path models supported an association between fathers' adolescent alcohol use and children's use (β = 0.17) that was not better explained by concurrent indicators of fathers' and children's general problem behavior. Fathers' and mothers' adult alcohol use uniquely predicted child use, and exposure to intoxicated adults partially mediated the latter path. Other family risk mechanisms were not supported. However, parental alcohol use and child alcohol use were linked in expected ways with family contextual conditions known to set the stage for alcohol use problems later in adolescence.

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Unpacking the Effect of Parental Monitoring on Early Adolescent Problem Behavior

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x13484120 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 (13) ◽

pp. 1800-1823 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Melissa A. Lippold ◽

Mark T. Greenberg ◽

John W. Graham ◽

Mark E. Feinberg

Keyword(s):

Positive Affect ◽

Problem Behavior ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Protective Effects ◽

Maternal Knowledge ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Adolescent Problem Behavior ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Monitoring Process ◽

Parent Monitoring

This study explores the monitoring process longitudinally among a sample of rural early adolescents and addresses two research questions: (a) Does maternal knowledge mediate the relationship between three aspects of the parental monitoring process and adolescent problem behavior: active parent monitoring efforts, youth disclosure, and parental supervision? (b) Are these meditational pathways moderated by the affective quality of the parent–child relationship? Parent efforts to monitor youth and youth disclosure in the Fall of Grade 6 predicted substance use and delinquency in Grade 8. These relations were mediated by increases in maternal knowledge assessed in the Spring of Grade 6, suggesting that the protective effects of these constructs are partially indirect. Supervision was not significantly related to maternal knowledge or problem behavior. Parent efforts to monitor were more strongly related to maternal knowledge in families with high levels of positive affect than in families with low levels of positive affect.

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The role of family factors and self-regulation: Problem behavior in Georgian adolescents

Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación ◽

10.17979/reipe.2019.6.2.5775 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 146-155

Author(s):

Tinatini Bandzeladze ◽

Luiza Arutiunov ◽

Pablo Espinosa

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Deviant Behavior ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Family Factors ◽

Self Report ◽

Parental Modeling ◽

The Law ◽

Behavior Models

The aim of this study is to assess the psychosocial factors of adolescents’ problem behavior. Within this research, the relationships among family structure, parental modeling, parental monitoring, and adolescents’ self-regulation were assessed. Data were collected by self-report questionnaires. The sample consisted of 150 participants aged 14 to 17. Sixty adolescents were in conflict with the law, and the other 90 adolescents who did not have such a contact with the legal system. Results show that more adolescents in conflict with the law live in single-parent families than their peers who do not have a similar experience. At the same time, adolescents living with single parents have a higher mean score of problem behavior and a lower mean score of parental monitoring. Correlational and regression analyses revealed that parents’ problem behavior models and parental monitoring are statistically significant predictors of adolescents’ problem behavior. In the present study, self-regulation was revealed to be a significant correlate of adolescents’ problem behavior, and that family factors mediate the relationship between self-regulation and problem behavior. Results also confirm the importance of an approach for the prevention of deviant behavior focused primarily on family supporting measures.

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4. Cross-Cultural Analysis of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Problem Behavior: Theoretical Challenges of Model Replication When East Meets West

Parental Monitoring of Adolescents ◽

10.7312/guil14080-005 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 90-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Cultural Analysis ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Adolescent Problem Behavior ◽

Cross Cultural Analysis

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Effectiveness of the Prevention Program for Externalizing Problem Behavior (PEP) in Preschoolers with Severe and No or Mild ADHD Symptoms

Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie ◽

10.1024/1422-4917/a000425 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 231-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ilka Eichelberger ◽

Julia Plücka ◽

Christopher Hautmann ◽

Charlotte Hanisch ◽

Manfred Döpfner

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Prevention Program ◽

Adhd Symptoms ◽

Aggressives Verhalten ◽

Externalizing Problem Behavior ◽

Externalizing Problem ◽

Expansives Problemverhalten

Abstract. Zusammenfassung: Fragestellung: Das Präventionsprogramm für Expansives Problemverhalten (PEP), entwickelt für Eltern (EL) und ErzieherInnen (ER) von Vorschulkindern, zeigte in beiden Modulen (PEP-EL und PEP-ER) in der Routineversorgung positive Effekte. Das Ziel dieser Sekundäranalyse war die Untersuchung der Effekte beider Module bezogen auf Vorschulkinder mit hoch ausgeprägter ADHS-Symptomatik im Vergleich zu Kindern mit keiner oder wenig ausgeprägter ADHS-Symptomatik. Methodik: In einem Eigenkontrollgruppendesign werden die Veränderungen der Symptomatik und des Problemverhaltens der Kinder in spezifischen Situationen zu Hause und in der Schule in einer Wartephase mit den Veränderungen in einer Interventionsphase verglichen (jeweils 3 Monate). Ergebnisse: Durch das Elterntraining reduzieren sich für Kinder mit hoch ausgeprägter ADHS-Symptomatik die spezifischen Problemsituationen zu Hause (HSQ-D) und durch das ErzieherInnentraining zeigen sich signifikante Effekte für oppositionell-aggressives Verhalten und im Gesamtscore des Fragebogen für ErzieherInnen von Klein- und Vorschulkindern (C-TRF 1½-5). Kinder mit keiner oder weniger ausgeprägter ADHS-Symptomatik zeigen Veränderungen im HSQ-D, im oppositionell-aggressiven Verhalten und im Gesamtwert des Elternfragebogen für Klein- und Vorschulkinder (CBCL 1½-5), während sich für das ErzieherInnentraining in allen Zielvariablen signifikante Effekte zeigen. Schussfolgerungen: Die Befunde, dass sich Effekte auf unterschiedlichen Dimensionen von Problemverhalten zeigen, legen nahe, dass die Kombination beider Trainingsmodule eine potentielle präventive Strategie für Vorschulkinder mit ADHS darstellt.

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