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An examination of the joint effects of adolescent interpersonal styles and parenting styles on substance use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2021

Samuel N. Meisel Open the ORCID record for Samuel N. Meisel [Opens in a new window]  and
Craig R. Colder
Samuel N. Meisel*
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Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY, USA
Craig R. Colder
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY, USA
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Author for Correspondence: Samuel N. Meisel, MA, Department of Psychology, 320 Park Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY14260-4110, USA; E-mail: snmeisel@buffalo.edu
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Abstract

The current study examined how parenting and adolescent interpersonal styles jointly influence youths’ abilities to form close relationships – a central developmental milestone – yet avoid substance use, which predominantly occurs in the presence of peers. Nine annual waves from an adolescent sample (N = 387) were used to assess (a) combinations of interpersonal and parenting styles from early to middle adolescence using longitudinal latent profile analysis, (b) the validity of these profiles on indicators of adjustment, and (c) the relationships between the profiles and growth in substance use across adolescence as well as substance-related consequences in late adolescence. The results supported five distinct combinations of interpersonal and parenting styles, and validity analyses identified both risk and protective profiles. The protective profile submissive–communal interpersonal style + high-warmth–authoritative parenting style was associated with indicators of positive social adjustment (e.g., friendship quality, resistance to peer influence) as well as lower levels of substance use. Significant differences also emerged with respect to substance-related consequences. The findings of this study highlight how combinations of adolescent interpersonal style and parenting render adolescents more or less successful at navigating peer relationships while avoiding substance use behaviors.

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agentic social goalscommunal social goalsparenting stylesubstance use
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , August 2022 , pp. 1125 - 1143
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