De Invloed van Descriptieve Normen en Alcoholgebruik van de Beste Vriend(in) op Alcoholgebruik van de Adolescent en de Modererende Rol van Ouderlijke Psychologische Controle en Gedragscontrole.

Abstract

The current study investigated the relative influence of descriptive norms of the adolescent and alcohol use of the best friend on alcohol use of the adolescent six months later and investigated the moderating role of parental psychological and behavioral control. Two measurements of the longitudinal dataset of the research Implicit Parental Alcohol Cognitions [IMPAC] were used. In total 743 adolescents (M = 15.22 jaar, SD = 1.41) participated in the study. Linear, multiple regression analyses with interaction effects were used to answer the research questions. Higher descriptive norms of the adolescent predicted significantly more alcohol use of the adolescent six months later. Alcohol use of the best friend was no significant predictor of alcohol use of the adolescent. Parental psychological control did not moderate this relation. A higher parental behavioral control appeared to weaken the relation between descriptive norms and adolescent alcohol use. It was concluded that the perception of the adolescent of how many peers drank alcohol was more important than how much the best friend drank. Parents can protect against the influence of the experienced norm by a high behavioral control.