Parenting practice, leisure experience, and substance use among South African adolescents. (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xie, Hui; Weybright, Elizabeth H.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Wegner, Lisa; Smith, Edward A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of leisure research. Volume 51:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 36
• Page End: 55
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: Parental leisure involvement -- parental leisure overcontrol -- boredom -- substance use -- South Africa; Leisure -- Periodicals; Leisure; Periodicals; 790.05
• DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2019.1620144
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2216

Abstract

Abstract: There is limited understanding of parents' role in positive youth/adolescent development through leisure in developing countries. Using a sample of 6, 626 eighth-grade students in South Africa, this study examined the interrelationships among parenting practice, adolescents' leisure experience, and substance use. Results of structural equation modeling showed that parental leisure involvement was associated with less substance use, while parental leisure overcontrol was associated with greater substance use. The relationship of parental leisure involvement to substance use was mediated by healthy leisure engagement. The relationship of parental leisure overcontrol to substance use, on the other hand, was mediated by leisure boredom and healthy leisure engagement. The model path coefficients had little variation between genders and socioeconomic groups except that parental leisure overcontrol had a stronger positive relationship with leisure boredom for males than for females. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.