Parenting and Teen Drug Use The Most Recent Findings from Research, Prevention, and Treatment

Teen drug use is a critical and timely health issue that deeply affects adolescent development in a number of important areas, including social, cognitive, and affective functioning, as well as long-term health and wellbeing. Trends indicate that drug use is starting at an earlier age, the potency of several drugs is much stronger than in the past, and more new drugs are illegally being manufactured to provide faster, heightened effects. In addition, illegal use of prescription drugs and drug diversion or the sharing of prescription medication is also on the rise amongst teens.
Parenting and Teen Drug Use provides comprehensive coverage of the most current research on youth drug use and prevention, carefully and meticulously presenting empirical evidence and theoretical arguments that underlie the mechanisms linking parental socialization and adolescent drug use. Written by leading experts, chapters examine the causes and consequences of drug use, the myriad ways to prevent it, and the latest findings from the prevention research community regarding what works, with a specific emphasis on parenting techniques that have shown the most promise for reducing or preventing drug use in teens. Parenting and Teen Drug Use will provide valuable insight to a wide audience of clinicians, treatment providers, school counselors, prevention experts, social workers, physicians, substance abuse counselors, students, and those who work with youth on a day-to-day basis to influence positive youth adaptation.

Lawrence M. Scheier, Ph.D., is Senior Fellow and Project Director affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, Positive Psychology Center. He is also President of LARS Research Institute, Inc., a non-profit engaged in program development, evaluation, and behavioral science technology transfer. Dr. Scheier is a research developmental psychologist with training in quantitative methods, social cognitive theory, and program evaluation.

William B. Hansen, Ph.D., is President and Director of Tanglewood Research, Inc. Dr. Hansen has been involved in drug prevention research for over 35 years, during which time he has worked on numerous innovations that include the development and refinement of elementary, middle school and high school intervention programs.

Foreword by Michael Windle
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributors

Chapter 1 Introduction
Lawrence M. Scheier and William B. Hansen

Chapter 2 Parental Influence on Adolescent Drug Use
Elizabeth Prom-Wormley, Hermine H. Maes, and Lawrence M. Scheier

Chapter 3 Family-based Models of Drug Etiology
Wendy Kliewer and Nikola Zaharakis

Chapter 4 Parenting Styles and Adolescent Drug Use
Lawrence M. Scheier and William B. Hansen

Chapter 5 Adolescent Identity: Is This the Key to Unraveling Associations between Family Relationships and Problem Behaviors?
Elisabetta Crocetti, Wim H. J. Meeus, Rachel A. Ritchie, Alan Meca, and Seth J. Schwartz

Chapter 6 Parenting from the Social Domain Theory Perspective: This Time it's Personal
Christopher Daddis and Judith G. Smetana

Chapter 7 A Primer on Parent-Child Communication: Why Conversations Matter
Steven M. Giles and Lawrence M. Scheier

Chapter 8 Parental and Peer Support: An Analysis of Their Relations to Adolescent Substance Use
Thomas A. Wills, Megan Carpenter, and Frederick X. Gibbons

Chapter 9 Family-Based Prevention Programs
Karol L. Kumpfer and William B. Hansen

Chapter 10 Adolescent Drug Abuse Treatment: Family and Related Approaches
Ken C. Winters, Andria Botzet, and Tamara Fahnhorst

Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks: A Puzzle Has to Have Pieces
Lawrence M. Scheier and William B. Hansen

References
Index