TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent monitoring and the incidence of drug sampling in urban elementary school children
AU - Chilcoat, Howard D.
AU - Dishion, Thomas J.
AU - Anthony, James C.
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - An epidemiologic study of urban-dwelling children aged 8-10 years in Baltimore, Maryland, was undertaken to test the hypothesis that close monitoring and supervision by parents might signal a reduced risk of drug use in the elementary school years. Drug use, monitoring by parents, peer drug use, and other suspected risk factors for early drug use were first assessed in 1989, identifying 947 children with no prior history of drug use. One year later, 4.2 percent of these children were found to have started using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs on their own for the first time during the follow-up observation interval. Risk of starting drug use was higher for children with lower levels of parent monitoring (relative risk=4.39, 95% confidence interval 1.48-13.0). In addition, for children with declining levels of parent monitoring, there was an increased risk of starting to use drugs on their own.
AB - An epidemiologic study of urban-dwelling children aged 8-10 years in Baltimore, Maryland, was undertaken to test the hypothesis that close monitoring and supervision by parents might signal a reduced risk of drug use in the elementary school years. Drug use, monitoring by parents, peer drug use, and other suspected risk factors for early drug use were first assessed in 1989, identifying 947 children with no prior history of drug use. One year later, 4.2 percent of these children were found to have started using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs on their own for the first time during the follow-up observation interval. Risk of starting drug use was higher for children with lower levels of parent monitoring (relative risk=4.39, 95% confidence interval 1.48-13.0). In addition, for children with declining levels of parent monitoring, there was an increased risk of starting to use drugs on their own.
KW - Child
KW - Parenting
KW - Substance abuse
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117340
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117340
M3 - Article
C2 - 7801962
AN - SCOPUS:0028836525
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 141
SP - 25
EP - 31
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -