The utility of a generalized estimating equations approach to the analysis of longitudinal data was demonstrated through investigation of the role of parental marijuana use in 763 families on lagged changes in marijuana use by their adolescent children over 6 years. Over time, parental use was positively related to adolescent use. (SLD)

Documents generally positive and supportive relationships between parents and children, more positive relationships with mothers than fathers, and an improvement in relationships as children mature from age 18 to 23. Further, parent-child relationships are perceived differently between parent and child. (JPS)

Mothers' and fathers' subjective distress and self-restraint when their sons were preadolescents were related to 14 measures of sons' outcomes 4 years later. Subjects were 82 adolescent boys. Sons of fathers prone to low self-restraint were uniformly found to have subsequent difficulties across domains, including poor academic achievement, poor…

Examined relationships between unsupportive environments and adolescents' valuing financial success relatively more than affiliation, community, and self-acceptance. Eighteen-year olds who rated the importance of financial success aspirations higher than other values were found to have mothers who were less nurturant. Further, these subjects grew…

Examines the relationship of adolescents' perceived family environment to several aspects of their self-reported alcohol use, smoking behavior, and involvement with illegal drugs and solvents. A sample of 12- to 16-year olds (n=1,045) completed questionnaires. Males who perceived "authoritarian" or "neglecting" families…

In order to examine the theory that children often mold parental actions, analyzed whether parents are consistent with each other or with themselves in parenting attitudes and practices. Parents largely acted alike, although fathers more often acted in ways independent of how their wives were perceived to act. (RJM)

Used community samples to determine the effects of childhood family support or dysfunction and the extent of parent drug-use problems on adult intimacy issues, such as sexual satisfaction. Results showed that parent drug-use predicted poor family support; family support correlated strongly with good adult intimate relations. (RJM)

Parents play a role in their children's consumer education by helping them distinguish between consumer necessities and digressionary consumption practices. Strategies for children's consumer education are outlined, and programs for money management are described. (LB)

Children whose mothers were consistently more responsive during the children's infancy and early adolescence achieved higher IQ and arithmetic scores, had more positive self-esteem, and were reported by teachers to exhibit fewer behavior problems than children of mothers who were consistently less responsive. (BC)

A study was conducted to determine whether their were significant differences in effects of outside facilities and resources of winners (n=69) versus nonwinners (n=169) in high school science fairs in the state of Mississippi. Results indicate that access to a university and resource dollars positively enhances chances of winning. (MDH)

A review of the records of 490 students nominated and screened for the gifted education program in Nigeria in 1988 did not find that parental professional affiliation explained the academic preparation and eligibility of the children in this program. (DB)

Examined the question of whether the child-rearing beliefs and strategies of mothers predict their preschoolers' social competence with peers. Mothers of children rejected by peers were less likely to teach their children about social skills, spent less time in child-centered activities, and used more punishment than did other mothers. (GLR)

This study followed 206 adolescent boys and their families from the fourth through eighth grade to test a model for conduct-related school failure. Results indicated that low parental academic achievement was associated with ineffective discipline practices and child antisocial behavior in the sixth grade and that ineffective discipline had a…

Survey data from the United States, Brazil, and Ghana revealed that, in all three, mothers' education had a greater effect on daughters' height, fathers' education on sons' height. There appear to be differences in the allocation of household resources, nutrition, and child rearing that are dependent on children's and parents' gender. (SK)

Examined the effect of mothers' familiarity with a formal operations task on performance and monitoring of a cognitive task with their children and on the child's later performance alone. The task-familiar mothers elicted higher level strategies during problem solving and allowed their children to participate more than did the other mothers; their…