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Pathways between parental monitoring and adolescent e-cigarette use: The role of parent–child internalizing and externalizing discrepancies in a predominately Hispanic/Latino(a) sample.

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: = 14.93; 53% female, 87.56% White, 85.25% Hispanic/Latinx) and their parents were assessed at multiple time points. Participant dyads completed the Parental Monitoring Inventory (Wave 1), the Youth-Self Report/Child Behavior Checklist, and a measure assessing e-cigarette use (Hartmann et al., 2024; Wave 2; ~15 months later). Among the internalizing and externalizing discrepancies examined, divergent reports of rule breaking were significantly associated with parental knowledge and e-cigarette use, as well as child disclosure and e-cigarette use. As parental knowledge and child disclosure decreased, the discrepancy size increased, and as the discrepancy increased, adolescent e-cigarette use increased. Differences in rule-breaking reports may occur with decreased parental knowledge and/or child disclosure, potentially indicative of poor communication. Relevant to our sample, Hispanic/Latin(a) youth are strongly influenced by their parent's involvement compared to other ethnicities. Thus, prevention programs could address parent-child relationship quality and communication about rule-breaking and long-term consequences.

Source: Translational Issues in Psychological Science

DOI: 10.1037/tps0000523

Authors: Julie V. Cristello, Nathalie del Valle, Benjelene D. Sutherland, Matthew T. Sutherland, Elisa M. Trucco

Institutions: Florida International University, Brown University, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities