Beyond Early Years Parenting: An Evidence Review

1. Beyond the early years: An evidence review John McAteer, 1 Ruth Jepson, 1 Caroline Jackson, 1 Danny Wight, 2 1 Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy 2 MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

2. Parenting behaviours Warmth/support Providing encouragement, communicating positively, showing love, etc Control Establishing rules and consequences, monitoring ( e.g. behaviour, whereabouts), etc In general, parenting involves a degree of both warmth/support and control behaviours

3. Parenting styles Authoritative High warmth/support & high control Authoritarian Low warmth/support & high control Permissive High warmth/support & low control Neglectful Low warmth/support & low control

4. Authoritative Permissive Authoritarian Neglectful High warmth/support Low warmth/support High control Low control

5. Parenting is associated with adolescent health and wellbeing Healthy/positive behaviours Exercise, diet, academic performance, etc Risky behaviours Substance use, smoking, sexual risk behaviour, etc

6. This review 1. What parenting styles and parenting behaviours are associated with adolescent health and wellbeing? 2. What programmes have been shown to be effective for reducing risk behaviours in adolescents?

7. Review of reviews 11 reviews identified Parenting styles & behaviours and a range of adolescent outcomes including Substance use, healthy eating, delinquency, sexual risk behaviour, & physical activity Copies of the initial summary report are available from https:// www.scphrp.ac.uk/node/290 & from john.mcateer@ed.ac.uk

8. Findings: Parenting styles (1) Adolescents with authoritative parents (High warmth/support & high control) Less alcohol, smoking, cannabis, cocaine, & ecstasy use Increased condom and contraceptive use Lower BMI, greater consumption of fruits and vegetables, lower consumption of sugary beverages, Higher levels of academic achievement

9. Findings: Parenting styles (2) Adolescents with authoritarian & permissive parents (high control/low warmth; low warmth/low control) In general, less positive health and wellbeing outcomes Greater alcohol, smoking, and other substance use Higher BMI, poorer diet, and lack of physical activity Adolescents with neglectful parents Poor health and wellbeing outcomes

10. Authoritative Permissive Authoritarian Neglectful High warmth/support Low warmth/support High control Low control

11. Authoritative High warmth/support High control In general, the authoritative parenting style appears to have the most positive impact on adolescent health and wellbeing

12. Findings: Parenting behaviours (1) Adolescents with parents who monitored their activities/whereabouts Less sexual risk taking Less conduct problems/less delinquent behaviour in girls Less alcohol, smoking, cannabis, cocaine, & ecstasy use

13. Findings: Parenting behaviours (2) Parent-child communication Less sexual risk taking Reduction in frequency of sexual behaviour in sexually active youth Less alcohol, smoking, cannabis, cocaine, & ecstasy use

14. Authoritative High warmth/support High control

15. Authoritative High warmth/support High control Parent-child communication Monitoring In general, monitoring and parent- child communication have a positive impact on adolescent health and wellbeing

16. Other findings Parental modelling of healthy behaviours Autonomy granting Parental encouragement Family meals All associated with positive adolescent health and wellbeing

17. Parenting in context (1) Adolescents health and wellbeing is influenced by many different factors, for example Individual behaviour Environment Peers Parenting

18. Parenting in context (2) Contextual factors are likely to play a role in determining the effectiveness of parenting styles and behaviours Isolation Financial resources Family structure Social support The needs for all groups should be taken into account and necessary support and resources provided

19. Conclusions & next steps Authoritative parenting (high warmth/support & high control), and monitoring & parent-child communication positively impact upon adolescent health and wellbeing Effectiveness may vary due to contextual factors Final report due in December 2012 Including review of reviews of parenting programmes targeting parents of adolescents

20. Thank you john.mcateer@ed.ac.uk Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy 20 West Richmond Street Edinburgh, EH8 9DX www.scphrp.ac.uk Follow us on Twitter: @SCPHRP