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Parenting Styles as a Moderator of the Association between Pubertal Timing and Chinese Adolescents’ Drinking Behavior

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  • Hui Ling

    (Psychology Department, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China)

  • Yaqin Yan

    (Psychology Department, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
    Department of Student Affairs, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China)

  • Hong Feng

    (Research Institute of Education, Hunan Wenjin Education Group, Changsha 410031, China)

  • Amin Zhu

    (Psychology Department, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China)

  • Jianren Zhang

    (Psychology Department, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China)

  • Siyang Yuan

    (School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK)

Abstract

Background: Previous work has indicated that pubertal timing and parenting styles are associated with adolescents’ drinking behavior, but studies on the relationship between the above three variables are lacking. Methods: Participants were 1408 Chinese adolescents aged 11–16 years old (46.52% girls). The data emphasized pubertal timing, parenting styles, drinking behavior, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the adolescent and his or her family. Results: Early pubertal timing was related to drinking behavior; however, parenting styles played a moderating role. For male adolescents, father emotional warmth, mother rejection, and mother emotional warmth moderated the relationship between early pubertal timing and drinking behavior. For female adolescents, mother rejection, mother emotional warmth, and mother over-protection moderated the relationship between pubertal timing and drinking behavior. Conclusions: Parenting styles that include emotional warmth, rejection, and over-protection appear to influence the negative outcomes associated with early pubertal timing, and may be useful in reducing adolescents’ drinking behavior.

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  • Hui Ling & Yaqin Yan & Hong Feng & Amin Zhu & Jianren Zhang & Siyang Yuan, 2022. "Parenting Styles as a Moderator of the Association between Pubertal Timing and Chinese Adolescents’ Drinking Behavior," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-14, March.
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