Interestingly, we did not observe a mediating effect of
parenting behaviors on outcome despite the emphasis in the
parent session on improving parenting monitoring and
supportive behaviors. Many family-based studies have
identified parenting practices as a key active ingredient of
change (e.g., Henderson, Rowe, Dakof, Hawes, & Liddle,
2009). Perhaps, the single parent session in the BI-AP
condition does not offer sufficient dosage to impact
parenting enough to emerge as an intervening variable.
Another possibility is that younger adolescents' behaviors
may be more influenced by parental monitoring than the
somewhat older group in this study. Younger adolescents are
likely to be more dependent on their parents when it comes to
peer affiliations, involvement in recreational activities, and
school connectedness, for example, and thus parental
monitoring may have a greater impact on their behavior
(Henderson et al., 2009). A fruitful area of additional
research might be to explore if parenting practices have a
differential mediating effect based on the age of the
adolescent. Nonetheless, it appears that the discussion with
parents about referral needs and possible interest in seeking
more services was influential in eliciting more services
sought by these families. This finding points to both the
importance of parents in the rehabilitation of drug-abusing
adolescents, as well as reinforcing that the role of BIs in the
behavior change process is to activate more help-seeking
behaviors among its participants. Thus, a possible beneficial
mechanism of change with the BI-AP condition may be that it promotes additional help-seeking behavior, and such
experiences reinforce the adolescent's intervention goals.
Interestingly, we did not observe a mediating effect ofparenting behaviors on outcome despite the emphasis in theparent session on improving parenting monitoring andsupportive behaviors. Many family-based studies haveidentified parenting practices as a key active ingredient ofchange (e.g., Henderson, Rowe, Dakof, Hawes, & Liddle,2009). Perhaps, the single parent session in the BI-APcondition does not offer sufficient dosage to impactparenting enough to emerge as an intervening variable.Another possibility is that younger adolescents' behaviorsmay be more influenced by parental monitoring than thesomewhat older group in this study. Younger adolescents arelikely to be more dependent on their parents when it comes topeer affiliations, involvement in recreational activities, andschool connectedness, for example, and thus parentalmonitoring may have a greater impact on their behavior(Henderson et al., 2009). A fruitful area of additionalresearch might be to explore if parenting practices have adifferential mediating effect based on the age of theadolescent. Nonetheless, it appears that the discussion withparents about referral needs and possible interest in seekingmore services was influential in eliciting more servicessought by these families. This finding points to both theimportance of parents in the rehabilitation of drug-abusingadolescents, as well as reinforcing that the role of BIs in thebehavior change process is to activate more help-seekingbehaviors among its participants. Thus, a possible beneficialmechanism of change with the BI-AP condition may be that it promotes additional help-seeking behavior, and suchexperiences reinforce the adolescent's intervention goals.
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Interestingly, we did not observe a mediating effect of
parenting behaviors on outcome despite the emphasis in the
parent session on improving parenting monitoring and
supportive behaviors. Many family-based studies have
identified parenting practices as a key active ingredient of
change (e.g., Henderson, Rowe, Dakof, Hawes, & Liddle,
2009). Perhaps, the single parent session in the BI-AP
condition does not offer sufficient dosage to impact
parenting enough to emerge as an intervening variable.
Another possibility is that younger adolescents' behaviors
may be more influenced by parental monitoring than the
somewhat older group in this study. Younger adolescents are
likely to be more dependent on their parents when it comes to
peer affiliations, involvement in recreational activities, and
school connectedness, for example, and thus parental
monitoring may have a greater impact on their behavior
(Henderson et al., 2009). A fruitful area of additional
research might be to explore if parenting practices have a
differential mediating effect based on the age of the
adolescent. Nonetheless, it appears that the discussion with
parents about referral needs and possible interest in seeking
more services was influential in eliciting more services
sought by these families. This finding points to both the
importance of parents in the rehabilitation of drug-abusing
adolescents, as well as reinforcing that the role of BIs in the
behavior change process is to activate more help-seeking
behaviors among its participants. Thus, a possible beneficial
mechanism of change with the BI-AP condition may be that it promotes additional help-seeking behavior, and such
experiences reinforce the adolescent's intervention goals.
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