Parenting Styles and Substance Abuse On one side of the spectrum, parents play the role of the adolescent’s overinvolved coach. These parents push and force their children into doing things they may not particularly want to do. On the other side of the spectrum, parents play the role of the adolescent’s friend, rather than parent. These parents often times do not set rules or guidelines for their children to follow, nor do they encourage or support them. These types of situations can lead to many difficult obstacles that families will have to overcome, such as resistant children and potentially even life threatening events, such as drug abuse and addictions. Reluctantly, either of these situations could lead to adolescent substance abuse.
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Mogro-Wilson (2008) described deviance by when children are told not to do something from an authoritarian parent, they are more likely to disobey those rules and the adolescent is highly interested in partaking in that activity, especially substances (as cited in Story, 2011). These children will develop a liking in the substance or activity that is frowned upon by their authoritarian parent. Within Story’s (2008) assessment of authoritarian parenting, she also discussed that adolescents with negative child-parent relationships, were more likely to turn to substance use, along with adolescents who did not receive praise at home. Enclosed in a study conducted by Coombs and Landsverk (1998) these particular types of children can often times feel emotionally distant from their parents, therefore they may start using substances as a coping mechanism for those negative emotions (as cited in Story, 2011). Pires and Jenkins’s (2007) study also resulted in the findings that suggest parenting styles are key predictors in adolescent substance abuse. Their research suggest that adolescents who have a less than satisfying relationship with their parental figures, are more likely to engage in substance use activities, than adolescent who …show more content…
There are many contributing factors that take place when steering adolescents out of numerous types of trouble, such as substance use, and disciplining them. Story (2011) explained the ranges of discipline that are presented in order to steer children away from substance use, such as the scare tactic. Typically, if an adolescent is scared of the consequences that would arise from their parents finding out about their substance use, that would direct them away from wanting to engage in those activities. Pires & Jenkins (2007) suggest that there is difficultly in assessing the positive outcomes of authoritarian parenting when using the scare tactic. Increasing fear, in terms of substance use, may inadvertently reinforce adolescent behaviors, provoking them to engage in those unwanted behaviors as a way to seek approval from deviant peers out of spite towards their authoritative parental figures (Pires & Jenkins,
Mogro-Wilson (2008) described deviance by when children are told not to do something from an authoritarian parent, they are more likely to disobey those rules and the adolescent is highly interested in partaking in that activity, especially substances (as cited in Story, 2011). These children will develop a liking in the substance or activity that is frowned upon by their authoritarian parent. Within Story’s (2008) assessment of authoritarian parenting, she also discussed that adolescents with negative child-parent relationships, were more likely to turn to substance use, along with adolescents who did not receive praise at home. Enclosed in a study conducted by Coombs and Landsverk (1998) these particular types of children can often times feel emotionally distant from their parents, therefore they may start using substances as a coping mechanism for those negative emotions (as cited in Story, 2011). Pires and Jenkins’s (2007) study also resulted in the findings that suggest parenting styles are key predictors in adolescent substance abuse. Their research suggest that adolescents who have a less than satisfying relationship with their parental figures, are more likely to engage in substance use activities, than adolescent who …show more content…
There are many contributing factors that take place when steering adolescents out of numerous types of trouble, such as substance use, and disciplining them. Story (2011) explained the ranges of discipline that are presented in order to steer children away from substance use, such as the scare tactic. Typically, if an adolescent is scared of the consequences that would arise from their parents finding out about their substance use, that would direct them away from wanting to engage in those activities. Pires & Jenkins (2007) suggest that there is difficultly in assessing the positive outcomes of authoritarian parenting when using the scare tactic. Increasing fear, in terms of substance use, may inadvertently reinforce adolescent behaviors, provoking them to engage in those unwanted behaviors as a way to seek approval from deviant peers out of spite towards their authoritative parental figures (Pires & Jenkins,