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Predictors of adolescent substance use and delinquency: family process variables examined using HLM

Katafiasz, Heather Anne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407152864

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2007, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Human Ecology: Human Development and Family Science.
According to Bowen Family Systems Theory, family distance regulation is the degree of separateness and connectedness between the members of a family, with a well-functioning family as a family that allows the members to feel connected to each other as well as allows them to be individuals (Bartle-Haring & Sabatelli, 1998). Adolescence can be conceptualized as a time of identity exploration, which results in a need to renegotiate the parent-child relationship (Grotevant & Cooper, 1985). Due to this, the family’s distance regulation patterns need to be reworked to promote healthy adolescent adjustment. Stanton and Heath (2005) described substance abuse during adolescence and early adulthood as a way for the adolescent to move out of the family, yet still maintain dependence. In other words, the substance use shows some level of independence while the dependence on the substance itself renders the addict as unable to function as an adult. Based on this theoretical orientation, we hypothesized that families that support the adolescent and are tolerant of intimacy, while still allowing the adolescent to explore their budding independence should be related to flat trajectories of adolescent substance use and delinquency behaviors over time. Furthermore, based on prior research, we hypothesized that higher levels of parental monitoring would predict flat trajectories of adolescent substance use and delinquency over time. We found no relationship between parental monitoring and adolescent substance use and delinquency; however we found some support for the relationship between family support and a tolerance for intimacy and adolescent substance use and delinquency. In regards to adolescent delinquency, we found that supportive maternal parenting styles and having a supportive relationship with one’s father were related to lower initial levels of adolescent delinquency. Furthermore, we found that having a supportive relationship with one’s father predicted relatively flat trajectories of adolescent delinquency. Although we did not find that higher levels of family involvement predicted the trajectories of adolescent delinquency, we found that higher levels of family involvement predicted lower levels of initial adolescent delinquency. In regards to adolescent substance use, we found that supportive parenting styles and having a supportive relationship with one’s father all decrease the initial number of substances the adolescents tried. Furthermore, supportive maternal parenting styles predicted flat trajectories of adolescent substance use over time. Similarly to the findings for adolescent delinquency, although we did not find that higher levels of family involvement predicted the trajectories of adolescent substance use, we found that higher levels of family involvement predicted lower levels of initial adolescent substance use.
Suzanne Barle-Haring (Advisor)
Stephen Gavazzi (Committee Member)
66 p.
Families and Family Life

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  • Katafiasz, H. A. (2007). Predictors of adolescent substance use and delinquency: family process variables examined using HLM [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407152864

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Katafiasz, Heather. Predictors of adolescent substance use and delinquency: family process variables examined using HLM. 2007. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407152864.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Katafiasz, Heather. "Predictors of adolescent substance use and delinquency: family process variables examined using HLM." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407152864

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