B2018 - Peer Mediating and Moderating Effects Upon Parent-Child Relationships School Connectedness and Adolescent Substance Use - 24/05/2013

B number: 
B2018
Principal applicant name: 
Ms Rhiannon Yapp (University of Cardiff, UK)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Marianne van den Bree (University of Cardiff, UK), Dr Luke Sloan (University of Cardiff, UK), Prof Laurence Moore (University of Cardiff, UK)
Title of project: 
Peer Mediating and Moderating Effects Upon Parent-Child Relationships, School Connectedness and Adolescent Substance Use.
Proposal summary: 

This study aims to:

a) Independently assess the predictability of early social experiences [family, school and peers] upon the initiation and progression of substance use in late adolescence, and examine if they vary in importance according to different substances [alcohol, cannabis, smoking] and/or level of use [experimental, occasional, regular].

b) Examine the extent to which family relations and/or school experiences in childhood and substance use in late adolescence are mediated by peer's substance use in early adolescence.

c) Create two models of substance use: one to test whether peer use is moderating the effect of parent-child relationships upon substance use in late adolescence; and the other to test whether peer use is moderating the effect of school connectedness on substance use in late adolescence.

Date proposal received: 
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
Date proposal approved: 
Friday, 24 May, 2013
Keywords: 
Alcohol, Antisocial Behaviour, Behavioural Problems, Education, Smoking
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