Perceived Parental Monitoring and Health Risk Behavior among Public Secondary School Students in El Salvador

Perceived Parental Monitoring and Health Risk Behavior among Public Secondary School Students in El Salvador

Although parental monitoring has received considerable attention in studies of U.S. adolescents, few published studies have examined how parents' knowledge of their children's whereabouts may influence health risk behaviors in adolescents living in Latin America. We investigated the associ...

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Main Authors: Andrew E. Springer, Shreela Sharma, Alba Margarita de Guardado, Francisco Vázquez Nava, Steven H. Kelder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2006-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.284
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spelling doaj-c626ab03bc5f467ea89d777ffa25d2532020-11-25T01:55:04ZengHindawi LimitedThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2006-01-0161810181410.1100/tsw.2006.284Perceived Parental Monitoring and Health Risk Behavior among Public Secondary School Students in El SalvadorAndrew E. Springer0Shreela Sharma1Alba Margarita de Guardado2Francisco Vázquez Nava3Steven H. Kelder4Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Health and Human Performance University of Houston, Houston, TX, United StatesSave the Children, San Salvador, El SalvadorFacultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México and Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital General No. 6 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, MéxicoMichael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USAAlthough parental monitoring has received considerable attention in studies of U.S. adolescents, few published studies have examined how parents' knowledge of their children's whereabouts may influence health risk behaviors in adolescents living in Latin America. We investigated the association between perceived parental monitoring and substance use, fighting, and sexual behaviors in rural and urban Salvadoran adolescents (n = 982). After adjusting for several sociodemographic covariates, multilevel regression analyses indicated that students reporting low parental monitoring were between 2 to 3.5 times more likely to report risk behaviors examined. The promotion of specific parenting practices such as parental monitoring may hold promise for reducing adolescent risk behaviors in El Salvador.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.284
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Alba Margarita de Guardado
Francisco Vázquez Nava
Steven H. Kelder
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title_short Perceived Parental Monitoring and Health Risk Behavior among Public Secondary School Students in El Salvador
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title_full_unstemmed Perceived Parental Monitoring and Health Risk Behavior among Public Secondary School Students in El Salvador
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description Although parental monitoring has received considerable attention in studies of U.S. adolescents, few published studies have examined how parents' knowledge of their children's whereabouts may influence health risk behaviors in adolescents living in Latin America. We investigated the association between perceived parental monitoring and substance use, fighting, and sexual behaviors in rural and urban Salvadoran adolescents (n = 982). After adjusting for several sociodemographic covariates, multilevel regression analyses indicated that students reporting low parental monitoring were between 2 to 3.5 times more likely to report risk behaviors examined. The promotion of specific parenting practices such as parental monitoring may hold promise for reducing adolescent risk behaviors in El Salvador.
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