Reiner Hanewinkel|Matthias Morgenstern|Susanne E. Tanski|James D. Sargent
Longitudinal study of parental movie restriction on teen smoking and drinking in Germany
Institute for Therapy and Health Research|Institute for Therapy and Health Research|Dartmouth College|Dartmouth College
determine adolescents report parents restrict viewing movies based rating lower risk trying smoking drinking alcohol futureprospective observational study cohort 2110 german adolescents younger 15 years never smoked drunk alcohol baseline surveyed 1213 months later determine smoking binge drinking initiation risk substance use assessed function parental restriction viewing fsk16 movies movies aged 16 years would allowed see theatersthe percentage students tried smoking 163 109 initiated binge drinking 50 used substances followup period significant effect parental movie restriction substance use outcome measure controlling covariates compared adolescents whose parents never allowed view fsk16 movies adjusted relative risk rr 95 confidence interval ci use substances 164 105258 adolescents allowed view 230 153345 sometimes 292 183467 time fsk16 restrictions associated lower viewership classes movies especially fsk1618 movies addition fsk16 restrictions associated substantially lower exposure movie depiction tobacco alcohol use suggesting mediational mechanism associationamong young adolescents parental restriction viewing movies rated older adolescentsadults decreases risk substance use future