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Parenting a Partier: Adolescent Dating Involvement as a Risk Factor for Substance Use and the Conditional Influence of Parents
Unformatted Document Text:  Parenting a Partier: Adolescent Dating Involvement as a Risk Factor for  Substance Use and the Conditional Influence of Parents               Patrick M. Seffrin,  Peggy C. Giordano, Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore ABSTRACT Recent studies have drawn attention to adolescent dating involvement as a risk factor for  substance use and other delinquent behaviors. This study tests whether parents mitigate  their children’s access to drugs and alcohol by restricting casual contact with the opposite  sex. Further, as parents are limited in their capacity to influence children, the study also  evaluates the additive and interactive roles of social identity in the parent-child dynamic.  The current investigation uses a longitudinal sample of Toledo, Ohio area youth  (N=1090) and a multilevel model for change to estimate the growth in substance use from  middle adolescence through early adulthood. Results indicate that high levels of dating  interest and engagement predicts growth in substance use, while parenting practices  specific to dating curtails the growth. The “partier” social identity exhibits an  increasingly aggravating effect on substance use over time and moderates the influence of  general and specific parenting practices.  Direct correspondence to Patrick Seffrin, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 ( ## email not listed ## ). This research was supported by a  grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD36223), and by the Center for Family and Demographic Research at Bowling Green State University, which has core funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD042831-01).

Authors: Seffrin, Patrick., Giordano, Peggy., Manning, Wendy. and Longmore, Monica.
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Parenting a Partier: Adolescent Dating Involvement as a Risk Factor for 
Substance Use and the Conditional Influence of Parents
              Patrick M. Seffrin,
 Peggy C. Giordano, Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore
ABSTRACT
Recent studies have drawn attention to adolescent dating involvement as a risk factor for 
substance use and other delinquent behaviors. This study tests whether parents mitigate 
their children’s access to drugs and alcohol by restricting casual contact with the opposite 
sex. Further, as parents are limited in their capacity to influence children, the study also 
evaluates the additive and interactive roles of social identity in the parent-child dynamic. 
The current investigation uses a longitudinal sample of Toledo, Ohio area youth 
(N=1090) and a multilevel model for change to estimate the growth in substance use from 
middle adolescence through early adulthood. Results indicate that high levels of dating 
interest and engagement predicts growth in substance use, while parenting practices 
specific to dating curtails the growth. The “partier” social identity exhibits an 
increasingly aggravating effect on substance use over time and moderates the influence of 
general and specific parenting practices. 
Direct correspondence to Patrick Seffrin, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State 
University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 (
). This research was supported by a 
grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD36223), and by 
the Center for Family and Demographic Research at Bowling Green State University, which has 
core funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 
(HD042831-01).


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