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van den Eijnden, Regina J. J. M.; Spijkerman, Renske; Vermulst, Ad A.; van Rooij, Tony J.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
Although parents experience growing concerns about their children's excessive internet use, little is known about the role parents can play to prevent their children from developing Compulsive Internet Use (CIU). The present study addresses associations between internet-specific parenting practices and CIU among adolescents, as well as the…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Organizations (Groups)
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Van Der Vorst, Haske; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Meeus, Wim; Dekovic, Maja – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: The present study explores the role of having rules about alcohol, parental norms about early alcohol use, and parental alcohol use in the development of adolescents' drinking behavior. It is assumed that parental norms and alcohol use affect the rules parents have about alcohol, which in turn prevents alcohol use by adolescent…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Drinking, Adolescents, Social Attitudes
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Huver, Rose M. E.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; de Vries, Hein – Health Education Research, 2006
The aim of this study was to explain the effects of anti-smoking parenting practices on adolescent smoking cognitions and behavior by showing the mediating effects of cognitions. Data were gathered among Dutch high school students in the control condition of the European Smoking prevention Framework Approach (ESFA). Anti-smoking parenting…
Descriptors: Smoking, Self Efficacy, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing