Andrew Lac|Eusebio M. Alvaro|William D. Crano|Jason T. Siegel
Pathways from Parental Knowledge and Warmth to Adolescent Marijuana Use: An Extension to the Theory of Planned Behavior
Claremont Graduate University|Claremont Graduate University|Claremont Graduate University|Claremont Graduate University
despite research indicating effective parenting plays important protective role adolescent risk behaviors studies applied theory examine link marijuana use especially national data current study n 2141 hypothesized parental knowledge adolescent activities whereabouts parental warmth antecedents adolescents marijuana beliefsattitudes subjective norms perceived behavioral controlas posited theory planned behavior tpb ajzen 1991 three types beliefs hypothesized predict marijuana intention turn hypothesized predict marijuana consumption results confirmatory factor analyses corroborated psychometric properties twofactor parenting structure well fivefactor structure tpb proposed integrative predictive framework estimated latent structural equation model largely supported parental knowledge inversely predicted promarijuana attitudes subjective norms perceived behavioral control parental warmth inversely predicted promarijuana attitudes subjective norms ps 001 marijuana intention p 001 perceived behavioral control predicted marijuana use 1 year later households high parental knowledge parental warmth also perceived high r 54 p 001 owing analysis nationally representative data results generalizable united states population adolescents 1218 years age