Childhood executive control and adolescent substance use: Mediation via parent–child relationship quality
Patwardhan I, Guo Y, Fleming C, James T, Nelson J, Espy K, Nelson T, Mason W. Childhood executive control and adolescent substance use: Mediation via parent–child relationship quality. Family Relations 2024, 73: 3513-3529. DOI: 10.1111/fare.13061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent substance usePreschool ECExecutive controlHarsh disciplineSubstance useContribution of child characteristicsLongitudinal cohort-sequential studyParent-child relationship qualityFamily history of substance usePreschool executive controlStatistically significant indirect effectCohort-sequential studyAffecting qualityHistory of substance useSignificant indirect effectSubstance use initiationE-cigarettesFamily socioeconomic statusMethod ParticipantsParenting behaviorsMediation analysisRelationship qualityAdolescent assessmentIndirect associationsChild characteristicsAssociations between middle childhood executive control aspects and adolescent substance use and externalizing and internalizing problems
Mason W, Fleming C, Patwardhan I, Guo Y, James T, Nelson J, Espy K, Nelson T. Associations between middle childhood executive control aspects and adolescent substance use and externalizing and internalizing problems. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2024, 34: 791-804. PMID: 38757393, PMCID: PMC11349481, DOI: 10.1111/jora.12943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent substance useInternalizing problemsWorking memorySubstance useAssociated with externalizing problemsConfirmatory factor analysisChildhood externalizingExternalizing problemsStructural equation modelingAdolescent outcomesFactor analysisStronger predictionEquation modelingSociodemographic covariatesMidwestern cityMemory