Title

Development And Initial Evaluation Of A Web-Based Program To Increase Parental Awareness And Monitoring Of Underage Alcohol Use: A Brief Report

Keywords

adolescent; alcohol; monitoring; Web-based program

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. © 2014 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volume

23

Issue

2

Number of Pages

109-115

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2012.750553

Socpus ID

84893355964 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84893355964

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