The present study aimed to determine the extent to which
the level of parental monitoring and supervision during
the last year of high school might account for variation in
alcohol consumption during the first year of college. Consistent
with prior literature, we expected that students who
experienced higher levels of parental monitoring and
supervision during their last year in high school would
consume less alcohol during high school. Moreover, we
hypothesized that pre-college alcohol consumption levels
would significantly predict the level of alcohol consumption
in college. Lastly, we tested the hypothesis that parental
monitoring would exert a significant protective, albeit
indirect, effect on college drinking that would be mediated
by reductions in high school drinking level.