A study in Chilean adolescents found that specific parenting practices were associated with alcohol and cannabis use, providing culturally relevant prevention insights for Latin America.
Parents, prevention program developers, school counselors, and cross-cultural substance use researchers.
Chilean contextParenting practices including monitoring and communication were linked to adolescent substance use in Chile
What the researchers found
Perceived parenting practices including monitoring, communication, and rule-setting were associated with adolescent alcohol and cannabis use in Chile, with findings adapted from a substance use prevention strategy implemented in a Latin American context.
Why it matters
Most substance use prevention research comes from North America and Europe. Understanding which parenting practices are protective in Chilean culture helps develop culturally appropriate prevention programs for Latin America.
The numbers in context
The study adapted and implemented a substance use prevention strategy in Chile, assessing relationships between parenting practices and adolescent alcohol and cannabis use.
How the study worked
Cross-sectional survey of Chilean adolescents assessing perceived parenting practices and self-reported substance use.
Who was studied
Adolescents in Chile reporting on perceived parenting practices and their alcohol and cannabis use.
What this study cannot tell us
Cross-sectional design limits causal inference; self-reported data from adolescents; single Latin American country may not represent all regional contexts.
How to read the evidence
Cross-sectional survey with culturally adapted instruments; provides correlational evidence in an underrepresented context.
When this study was published
Recent study expanding substance use prevention research to Latin America.
The bigger picture
Adapting evidence-based prevention strategies across cultural contexts requires understanding which parenting factors are universally protective and which are culturally specific.
Replication
Extends North American parenting research to Latin American context; cross-cultural replication adds value.
Funding
Not specified
Conflicts of interest
Not specified
Questions still open
- Which parenting practices are most protective in Chilean context?
- How do findings compare to North American parenting studies?
- Can adapted prevention programs reduce substance use in Chile?
Read the original research
Parental practices and their association with alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in Chile.
Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1209584
Citation
Libuy, Nicolás; Guajardo, Viviana; Ibáñez, Carlos; Araneda, Ana María; Contreras, Lorena; Donoso, Paula; Gaete, Jorge; Mundt, Adrian P. (2023). Parental practices and their association with alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in Chile.. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1209584. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1209584