Beyond the Laws: Parental Monitoring, Perceived Acceptability of Underage Drinking and Youth Alcohol Use among Belgian Youths

Cimon-Paquet, Catherine; véronneau Marie-Hélène; Mathys, Cécile

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Beyond the Laws: Parental Monitoring, Perceived Acceptability of Underage Drinking and Youth Alcohol Use among Belgian Youths

Cimon-Paquet, Catherine; véronneau Marie-Hélène; Mathys, Cécile

2024 • In Journal of Youth and Adolescence

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alcohol use, adolescence, underage drinking, parental monitoring, legal socialization

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[en] Parental monitoring behaviors are negatively associated with adolescent substance use. Yet, the processes explaining these associations are still unclear. The current study examined adolescents’ knowledge of minimum legal drinking age laws and their perceived acceptability of underage drinking as potential mediators of the links between parental monitoring behaviors and youth alcohol use. The sample included 1154 Belgian adolescents (Mage = 16.34, SD = 1.33; 71% girls), who were recruited in Wallonia (54.9%) and in Flanders (45.1%). Path analyses revealed that higher parental rule setting, but not solicitation, was related to lower alcohol use. Acceptability of underage drinking mediated this link, but not knowledge of the laws. Results suggest that beyond laws regulating the minimum legal drinking age, alcohol use prevention programs should consider the importance of parental rule setting and youth's perceived acceptability of underage drinking.

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Criminology

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Cimon-Paquet, Catherine

véronneau Marie-Hélène; UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal [CA]

Mathys, Cécile ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de criminologie > Délinquance juvénile

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English

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Beyond the Laws: Parental Monitoring, Perceived Acceptability of Underage Drinking and Youth Alcohol Use among Belgian Youths

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2024

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Journal of Youth and Adolescence

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0047-2891

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1573-6601

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Springer, New York, United States - New York

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