J Youth Adolesc. 1992 Feb;21(1):35-51. doi: 10.1007/BF01536982.

A model of parental involvement in adolescent drinking and driving.

Journal of youth and adolescence

K H Beck, S J Lockhart

PMID: 24263681 DOI: 10.1007/BF01536982

Abstract

This article presents a model of parental involvement in prevention of teenage drinking and driving. Research findings are reviewed on why adolescents drink and drive, and what parents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices are related to youthful impaired driving. Reasons for parents' ineffectiveness at intervening to prevent their teenagers from drinking and driving are described. It is suggested that parents' effectiveness at preventing alcohol use and alcohol-impaired driving among their teenagers depends upon their stage of involvement. The different stages of parental involvement are defined as awareness, acceptance, action, and consequences. The specific components of these stages are described, and evidence is presented indicating that parents tend to be unaware of the true extent and nature of teen drinking, and thus less prone to acceptance and action.

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