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Beyond the early years: An evidence review

Beyond the early years: An evidence review. John McAteer, 1 Ruth Jepson, 1 Caroline Jackson, 1 Danny Wight, 2 1 Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy 2 MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Parenting behaviours. Warmth/support

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Beyond the early years: An evidence review

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  1. Beyond the early years: An evidence review John McAteer,1 Ruth Jepson,1 Caroline Jackson,1 Danny Wight,2 1Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy 2MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

  2. Parenting behaviours • Warmth/support • Providing encouragement, communicating positively, showing love, etc • Control • Establishing rules and consequences, monitoring (e.g. behaviour, whereabouts), etc In general, parenting involves a degree of both warmth/support and control behaviours

  3. Parenting styles • Authoritative • High warmth/support & high control • Authoritarian • Low warmth/support & high control • Permissive • High warmth/support & low control • Neglectful • Low warmth/support & low control

  4. High warmth/support Authoritative Permissive High control Low control Authoritarian Neglectful Low warmth/support

  5. Parenting is associated with adolescent health and wellbeing • Healthy/positive behaviours • Exercise, diet, academic performance, etc • Risky behaviours • Substance use, smoking, sexual risk behaviour, etc

  6. This review 1. What parenting styles and parenting behaviours are associated with adolescent health and wellbeing? 2. What programmes have been shown to be effective for reducing risk behaviours in adolescents?

  7. Review of reviews… • 11 reviews identified • Parenting styles & behaviours and a range of adolescent outcomes including • Substance use, healthy eating, delinquency, sexual risk behaviour, & physical activity Copies of the initial summary report are available from https://www.scphrp.ac.uk/node/290 & from john.mcateer@ed.ac.uk

  8. Findings: Parenting styles (1) • Adolescents with authoritative parents (High warmth/support & high control) • Less alcohol, smoking, cannabis, cocaine, & ecstasy use • Increased condom and contraceptive use • Lower BMI, greater consumption of fruits and vegetables, lower consumption of sugary beverages, • Higher levels of academic achievement

  9. Findings: Parenting styles (2) • Adolescents with authoritarian & permissive parents (high control/low warmth; low warmth/low control) • In general, less positive health and wellbeing outcomes • Greater alcohol, smoking, and other substance use • Higher BMI, poorer diet, and lack of physical activity • Adolescents with neglectful parents • Poor health and wellbeing outcomes

  10. High warmth/support Authoritative Permissive High control Low control Authoritarian Neglectful Low warmth/support

  11. High warmth/support Authoritative High control • In general, the authoritative parenting style appears to have the most positive impact on adolescent health and wellbeing

  12. Findings: Parenting behaviours (1) • Adolescents with parents who monitored their activities/whereabouts • Less sexual risk taking • Less conduct problems/less delinquent behaviour in girls • Less alcohol, smoking, cannabis, cocaine, & ecstasy use

  13. Findings: Parenting behaviours (2) • Parent-child communication • Less sexual risk taking • Reduction in frequency of sexual behaviour in sexually active youth • Less alcohol, smoking, cannabis, cocaine, & ecstasy use

  14. High warmth/support Authoritative High control

  15. High warmth/support Authoritative High control Parent-child communication Monitoring • In general, monitoring and parent-child communication have a positive impact on adolescent health and wellbeing

  16. Other findings… • Parental modelling of healthy behaviours • Autonomy granting • Parental encouragement • Family meals All associated with positive adolescent health and wellbeing

  17. Parenting in context (1) • Adolescents’ health and wellbeing is influenced by many different factors, for example… • Individual behaviour • Environment • Peers • Parenting

  18. Parenting in context (2) • Contextual factors are likely to play a role in determining the effectiveness of parenting styles and behaviours • Isolation • Financial resources • Family structure • Social support The needs for all groups should be taken into account and necessary support and resources provided

  19. Conclusions & next steps • Authoritative parenting (high warmth/support & high control), and monitoring & parent-child communication positively impact upon adolescent health and wellbeing • Effectiveness may vary due to contextual factors • Final report due in December 2012 • Including review of reviews of parenting programmes targeting parents of adolescents

  20. Thank you john.mcateer@ed.ac.uk Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy 20 West Richmond Street Edinburgh, EH8 9DX www.scphrp.ac.uk Follow us on Twitter: @SCPHRP

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