Parents and Drugs Revisited

Some Further Evidence in Support of Social Learning Theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9680261
AutoresRichard Dembo (0000-0002-4113-2910, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, autor de correspondencia), Gary Grandon, Gary M Grandon (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Lawrence La Voie, James Schmeidler (0000-0002-2134-8984, New Jersey Institute of Technology), William Burgos (American University)
Año1986
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas85-104
Fecha de publicación1986-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1986.tb00378.x
OpenAlexW2051864432
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas17

Social control and social learning theories suggest divergent relationships between attachment to parents and children's drug use when level of parent drug use is considered. Social control theory proposes a uniformly negative relationship between children's drug use and attachment to parents whereas social learning theory proposes that the relationship is affected by parental drug use. The relationship between attachment to parents and children's drug use was investigated for each of three groups of low, moderate, and high parental drug use through estimation of a latent variable structural model of attachment to family on children's tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use. Results indicate that attachment to parents related inversely, but with different magnitudes, to children's drug use for youths whose parents use drugs at low or moderate levels. No significant relationship exists between attachment to family and children's drug use for youths whose parents are relatively high‐level users. Neither ethnicity nor sex affected these findings. The implications of these results supporting social learning theory are discussed

Attachment theory · Developmental psychology · Drug · Ethnic group · Juvenile delinquency · Psychiatry · Social control theory · Social learning · Social learning theory · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes