@article{ref1,
title="Parental knowledge and youth risky behavior: a person oriented approach",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2013",
author="Lippold, Melissa A. and Greenberg, Mark T. and Collins, Linda M.",
volume="42",
number="11",
pages="1732-1744",
abstract="Most studies isolate the effects of one knowledge-related behavior on youth outcomes. This study explores the relationship between subgroups of mother-youth dyads that use specific combinations of parental knowledge-related behaviors and youth risky behavior. Using a sample of 796 rural 6th graders (53 % female), we assessed mother and youth reports of maternal knowledge, active parent monitoring efforts, youth disclosure, parental supervision, and the amount of parent-youth communication to identify five knowledge latent classes: High-Monitors, Maternal Over-Estimators, Low-Monitors, Communication-Focused, and Supervision-Focused. Delinquency, antisocial peers, and substance use were associated with increased odds of membership in the Supervision-Focused class, relative to the High Monitors. Membership in the Low Monitors and Maternal Over-Estimators classes was associated with unhealthy attitudes towards substances and for Low Monitors, substance use. The discussion focuses on the value of using a person-oriented approach to understand parental knowledge and risky behavior during early adolescence and intervention implications.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-012-9893-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9893-1"
}