In recent years, substantial gains have been made in our understanding of the influence of
parenting behaviors and styles on adolescent emotional and behavioral outcomes …

Recent scholarship demonstrates the significant, enduring, and protective influence of
positive parenting practices on adolescent development. In particular, parental monitoring …

Socialization is a process in which an individual's standards, skills, motives, attitudes, and
behaviors change to conform to those regarded as desirable and appropriate for his or her …

Cross-sectional data from 1359 boys and girls aged 10-14 years investigated whether
parenting behaviours are directly or indirectly (through building self-control) associated with …

PURPOSE: To compare two different parenting practices (parental monitoring and
negotiated unsupervised time) and perceived parental trust in the reporting of health risk …

The current work aims to study both the peer group and family influence on adolescent
behaviour. In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, an explanatory model based …

The relation between perceived racial discrimination and substance use was examined in a
panel of 684 African American families, using the prototype-willingness model of adolescent …

PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between adolescent sexual risk-taking and
perception of parental monitoring, frequency of parent–adolescent communication, and …

Healthy behaviors including adequate exercise and sleep, eating breakfast, maintaining a
healthy weight, and not smoking or binge drinking inhibit chronic disease. However, little is …

METHODS: Data were collected in 2004 in nationally representative surveys of 12-1 9-year-
olds in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. Bivariate analysis compared gender …