Pubdate: Wed, 19 May 2004 Source: National Post (Canada) Copyright: 2004 Southam Inc. Contact: http://www.nationalpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286 Author: CanWest News Service Cited: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040518/d040518b.htm NEGATIVE PARENTING LEADS YOUNG ADOLESCENTS TO DRUGS AND DRINK, STATSCAN SURVEY SUGGESTS The odds of early adolescents getting drunk and using drugs are relatively high if they see their parents as constantly nagging them, Statistics Canada's first national study of alcohol and drug use among 12- to 15-year-olds suggests. The survey of 4,296 young people, released yesterday, found hostile parenting styles -- characterized by nagging, inconsistent rule enforcement, threats and anger -- affect teen behaviour. After asking the youths questions about their relationship with their parents, the researchers considered three aspects: hostile parenting, parental monitoring and parent-child cohesion. Only young people whose parents had a negative or hostile parenting style were found to have significantly high odds of drinking to intoxication or drug use. The odds increased by a factor of about 1.1 for every point increase in the hostile parenting scale. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh