PARENTAL CONTROL, PROPENSITY AND PERCEPTION OF THE ADOLESCENT SON IF HE CONSUMES ALCOHOL OR NOT

Abstract

This study investigated whether there are significant differences in parental control depending on whether parents are perceived as consumers and not consumers of alcohol and whether or not their children have a propensity to consume alcohol. 643 women and 410 adolescent boys aged 15 to 17 years of both sexes from four districts of the city of Lima were studied. The Parental Psychological Control Scale (Barber, 1996), The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST 6) (Jones, 1983), and a consumer propensity survey were applied. The results showed significant differences in parental control exercised by both the father and the mother, depending on whether or not the daughter perceives that they consume alcohol and that she has a propensity or not towards the consumption of this substance.