Latino and European American early adolescents' exposure to music with substance‐use references: Examining parent–child communication as a moderator. Issue 2 (3rd January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kam, Jennifer A.; Wang, Ningxin; Harvey, Jessica
• Is Part Of: Journal of adolescence. Volume 37:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 185
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2014-01-03
• Subjects: Music -- Parent–child communication -- Latino -- Substance use -- Theory of planned behavior -- Social cognitive theory; Adolescent psychiatry -- Periodicals; Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; Adolescence -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 305.23505
• DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.12.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-1971

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study hypothesized that frequent exposure to and attention to music with substance‐use references would be indirectly related to alcohol, cigarette, or marijuana use through pro‐substance‐use beliefs (e.g., norms, outcome expectancies, and refusal efficacy). Parent–child communication, however, would attenuate such associations, which would differ by ethnicity. Multigroup mediation and moderation analyses were conducted, using cross‐sectional survey data from 253 Latino and 308 European American 6th–8th grades students. For Latino and European American early adolescents, best‐friend‐injunctive norms and weak refusal efficacy were significant mediators, but not positive outcome expectancies. Descriptive norms were a significant mediator, but only for European American early adolescents. Although targeted parent–child communication and parental mediation did not moderate the associations between the music‐exposure variables and the pro‐substance‐use beliefs variables, targeted parent–child communication attenuated the association between listening to favorite songs and alcohol consumption. Parental mediation attenuated the association between attention to music and alcohol consumption.