Background: College drinking is a significant public health problem. Although parental monitoring
and supervision reduces the risk for alcohol consumption among younger adolescents, few studies
have investigated the impact of earlier parental monitoring on later college drinking. This study
examined whether parental monitoring indirectly exerts a protective effect on college drinking by
reducing high school alcohol consumption.
Methods: A longitudinal cohort of 1,253 male and female students, ages 17 to 19, attending a large,
public, mid-Atlantic university was studied at two time points. First, data on high school parental
monitoring and alcohol consumption were gathered via questionnaire during the summer prior to
college entry. Second, during the first year of college, past-year alcohol consumption was measured
via a personal interview. Multiple regression models tested the relationship between parental
monitoring and past year alcohol use (i.e., number of drinks per drinking day).
Results: Holding constant demographics, SAT score, and religiosity, parental monitoring had a
significant protective effect on both high school and college drinking level. However, the association
between parental monitoring and college drinking level became non-significant once high school
drinking level was held constant.
Conclusion: While parental monitoring did not directly influence college alcohol consumption,
evidence for mediation was observed, whereby parental monitoring had an indirect influence on
college drinking through reductions in high school drinking. Initiatives that promote effective
parenting might be an important strategy to curb high-risk drinking among older adolescents. More
research is needed to understand the nature and degree of parent-child communication that is
necessary to extend the protective influence of parents into the college years.
 
Background: College drinking is a significant public health problem. Although parental monitoringand supervision reduces the risk for alcohol consumption among younger adolescents, few studieshave investigated the impact of earlier parental monitoring on later college drinking. This studyexamined whether parental monitoring indirectly exerts a protective effect on college drinking byreducing high school alcohol consumption.Methods: A longitudinal cohort of 1,253 male and female students, ages 17 to 19, attending a large,public, mid-Atlantic university was studied at two time points. First, data on high school parentalmonitoring and alcohol consumption were gathered via questionnaire during the summer prior tocollege entry. Second, during the first year of college, past-year alcohol consumption was measuredvia a personal interview. Multiple regression models tested the relationship between parentalmonitoring and past year alcohol use (i.e., number of drinks per drinking day).Results: Holding constant demographics, SAT score, and religiosity, parental monitoring had asignificant protective effect on both high school and college drinking level. However, the associationbetween parental monitoring and college drinking level became non-significant once high schooldrinking level was held constant.Conclusion: While parental monitoring did not directly influence college alcohol consumption,evidence for mediation was observed, whereby parental monitoring had an indirect influence oncollege drinking through reductions in high school drinking. Initiatives that promote effectiveparenting might be an important strategy to curb high-risk drinking among older adolescents. Moreresearch is needed to understand the nature and degree of parent-child communication that isnecessary to extend the protective influence of parents into the college years.
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