Development and Initial Evaluation of a Web-Based Program to Increase Parental Awareness and Monitoring of Underage Alcohol Use: A Brief Report

    Authors

    P. C. Brown; M. E. Dunn;A. J. Budney

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Child Adolesc. Subst. Abus.

    Keywords

    adolescent; alcohol; monitoring; Web-based program; PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS; URBAN YOUTH; ADOLESCENT; OUTCOMES; SCHOOL; Substance Abuse

    Abstract

    The development of a Web-based parent-focused intervention to improve parental awareness and monitoring of adolescent alcohol use was preliminarily evaluated. Upon completion of baseline assessment, 67 parents were randomly assigned to the experimental Web-based parent-focused intervention or an assessment-only control condition. Participants who completed the experimental program, relative to control participants, significantly improved knowledge of problems related to underage drinking (p < .01) while improvements in overall monitoring of their children approached significance (p=.08). Improvements in monitoring by experimental participants, relative to controls, were pronounced in phone monitoring (p < .01) and indirect monitoring (p=.05). Participants in this study improved their communication about alcohol from pre- to post-intervention regardless of intervention. There were no statistical between-group differences found regarding underage drinking attitudes. This pilot evaluation demonstrates that this program warrants further examination in controlled trials with greater power. Study implications are discussed in light of results.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

    Volume

    23

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    109

    Last Page

    115

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000330262700006

    ISSN

    1067-828X

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