CGU professor uncovers link between marijuana use and parental involvement
California Graduate University Professor of Psychology William Crano has led to research showing a correlation between marijuana usage and parental involvement, according to a CGU news release on Nov 23.
More parental involvement in the lives of teens leads to reduced marijuana use, according to Crano's study.
Crano's paper is titled, "Monitoring Matters: Meta-Analytic Review reveals the Reliable Linkage of Parental Monitoring With Adolescent Marijuana Use."
The paper was published in the November issue of the Association for Psychological Science's journal, "Perspectives on Psychological Science."
Crano and graduate student Andrew Lac reviewed studies to determine the link between parental monitoring and adolescent marijuana use and selected studies from literature that involved data on more than 35,000 participants, according to the CGU release.
Their study revealed a strong association between parental monitoring and teenage marijuana use.
"I've never seen a pattern of results in a meta-analysis study that was more one-sided," Crano said in a news release.
If the teen feels the parent knows them, they are less likely to experiment with marijuana, according to the release.
High parental monitoring was associated with a 21 percent decrease in marijuana use in their teens, according to the release.
According to Health News Digest, marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents with about 42 percent of high school seniors who have said they experimented with the drug.
Continued marijuana use can result in a number of serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer, according to the release.
Photo of California Graduate University psychology professor William Crano/courtesy CGU
More parental involvement in the lives of teens leads to reduced marijuana use, according to Crano's study.
Crano's paper is titled, "Monitoring Matters: Meta-Analytic Review reveals the Reliable Linkage of Parental Monitoring With Adolescent Marijuana Use."
The paper was published in the November issue of the Association for Psychological Science's journal, "Perspectives on Psychological Science."
Crano and graduate student Andrew Lac reviewed studies to determine the link between parental monitoring and adolescent marijuana use and selected studies from literature that involved data on more than 35,000 participants, according to the CGU release.
Their study revealed a strong association between parental monitoring and teenage marijuana use.
"I've never seen a pattern of results in a meta-analysis study that was more one-sided," Crano said in a news release.
If the teen feels the parent knows them, they are less likely to experiment with marijuana, according to the release.
High parental monitoring was associated with a 21 percent decrease in marijuana use in their teens, according to the release.
According to Health News Digest, marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents with about 42 percent of high school seniors who have said they experimented with the drug.
Continued marijuana use can result in a number of serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer, according to the release.
Photo of California Graduate University psychology professor William Crano/courtesy CGU
IJWTS wow! Why can't I think of thgnis like that?