1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The current study investigates the link between parenting patterns, risk perceptions and substance use.» (p. 255)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«It was hypothesized that negative parenting patterns (particularly ‘affectionless control’) and lower risk perceptions would relate to greater levels of substance use. Furthermore, it was suggested that the relationship between parenting and substance use would be mediated via risk perceptions.» (p. 255)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Three-hundred and fifty-four volunteer participants from a major English language urban university in Montreal, Canada, completed the survey. Eighteen surveys had missing sections, leaving 336 surveys that were retained.» (p. 255)

Instruments :
Questionnaire (The Canadian Campus Survey)

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In this study, we examined the relationship between parenting patterns, risk perceptions, and alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis and other substance use in students attending a major Canadian university. Consistent with hypotheses, perceptions that drug use is dangerous were related to less frequency of use of all substances and also to the problems resulting from alcohol use. Furthermore, parenting patterns were related to the use of some substances, particularly with two of the three measures of alcohol use. While parenting did not relate to the use of cigarettes and cannabis, maternal parenting did relate to the monthly use of hard drugs, with ‘affectionless control’ styles showing the most dysfunctional pattern of drug use. Unexpectedly, there was little relationship between parenting patterns and perceptions of risk.» (p. 259-260)