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    Family and parenting characteristics associated with marijuana use by Chilean adolescents

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    2011
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    https://doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S16432
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    Bares, Cristina
    Delva, Jorge
    Grogan-Kaylor, A.
    Andrade, F. H.
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    10.2147/SAR.S16432
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    Cristina Bares, Jorge Delva, Grogan-Kaylor, Andrade. 2011. "Family and parenting characteristics associated with marijuana use by Chilean adolescents." Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, v. 2, pp. 1 - 11. https://doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S16432
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVE: Family involvement and several characteristics of parenting have been suggested to be protective factors for adolescent substance use. Some parenting behaviors may have stronger relationships with adolescent behavior while others may have associations with undesirable behavior among youth. Although it is generally acknowledged that families play an important role in the lives of Chilean adolescents, scant research exists on how different family and parenting factors may be associated with marijuana use and related problems in this population which has one of the highest rates of drug use in Latin America. METHODS: Using logistic regression and negative binomial regression, we examined whether a large number of family and parenting variables were associated with the possibility of Chilean adolescents ever using marijuana, and with marijuana-related problems. Analyses controlled for a number of demographic and peer-related variables. RESULTS: Controlling for other parenting and family variables, adolescent reports of parental marijuana use showed a significant and positive association with adolescent marijuana use. The multivariate models also revealed that harsh parenting by fathers was the only family variable associated with the number of marijuana-related problems youth experienced. CONCLUSION: Of all the family and parenting variables studied, perceptions of parental use of marijuana and harsh parenting by fathers were predictors for marijuana use, and the experience of marijuana-related problems. Prevention interventions need to continue emphasizing the critical socializing role that parental behavior plays in their children's development and potential use of marijuana.
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