Explaining Educational Differences in Adolescent Substance Use and Early Sexual Debut: The Role of Parents and Peers

Autor/inn/en	de Looze, Margaretha; Harakeh, Zeena; van Dorsselaer, Saskia A. F. M.; Raaijmakers, Quinten A. W.; Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.; ter Bogt, Tom F. M.
Titel	Explaining Educational Differences in Adolescent Substance Use and Early Sexual Debut: The Role of Parents and Peers
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 4, S.1035-1044 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.009
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Adolescents; Drinking; Foreign Countries; Marijuana; Parent Role; Parenting Styles; Substance Abuse; Sexuality; Peer Influence; Knowledge Level; Peer Relationship; Smoking; Educational Attainment; Correlation; At Risk Persons; Health Behavior; Prevention; Intervention; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Trinken; Ausland; Parental role; Elternrolle; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Sexualität; Wissensbasis; Peer-Beziehungen; Rauchen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Niederlande
Abstract	Previous studies from a wide variety of European countries have demonstrated that low educated adolescents engage more frequently in health risk behaviors compared to high educated adolescents. The present study investigates the mediating roles of parental knowledge and time spent with peers in this relationship. Data were retrieved from a nationally representative sample of 12- to 16-year old Dutch adolescents (N = 5422). Risk behaviors were measured by adolescents' report of daily smoking, binge drinking and cannabis use in the previous month, and sexual debut before age 17. Low educated adolescents indicated that their parents had less knowledge on their whereabouts and reported spending more time with peers than high educated adolescents. Both factors mediated the relationship with health risk behaviors. These results hint to parenting practices and adolescent peer relations as points of reference for prevention and intervention work aiming to reduce educational inequalities in adolescent health risk behaviors. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10