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. 2016 Jan 14;6(1):e008979. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008979

TableĀ 4.

Multivariate associations between parenting styles, other risk variables, and adolescent substance use

Onset of drunkenness
Drunk >10 times
Regular smoking
Onset of illicit drug use
(n=917)
(n=968)
(n=923)
(n=986)
OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value
Authoritarian 0.89 (0.59 to 1.33) 0.56 0.37 (0.18 to 0.69) <0.001 0.60 (0.31 to 1.11) 0.11 0.58 (0.18 to 1.88) 0.36
Permissive 1.37 (0.92 to 2.06) 0.12 1.06 (0.64 to 1.74) 0.83 0.99 (0.56 to 1.74) 0.98 1.56 (0.66 to 3.73) 0.31
Neglectful intervention school group 1.38 (0.97 to 1.97) 0.07 0.94 (0.6 to 1.47) 0.79 0.99 (0.60 to 1.61) 0.96 1.08 (0.48 to 2.43) 0.86
0.57 (0.31 to 1.03) 0.06
Female sex parental regular drinking 1.41 (1.07 to 1.86) 0.02 1.74 (1.23 to 2.76) <0.01 1.86 (1.26 to 2.73) <0.01
Parental daily smoking 1.19 (0.77 to 1.81) 0.42
Provision of alcohol by parents 1.79 (1.34 to 2.39) <0.001 1.41 (0.98 to 2.02) 0.06 1.58 (1.07 to 2.34) 0.02
Does not like it in school
Deviant peers 1.04 (0.99 to 1.1) 0.11 1.10 (1.04 to 1.16) <0.001 * 0.03
Delinquency 1.58 (1.14 to 2.18) <0.01 1.87 (1.28 to 2.73) <0.01 1.72 (1.14 to 2.58) <0.01 2.23 (1.16 to 4.29) 0.02
Baseline drunkenness 2.19 (1.29 to 3.72) <0.01 2.31 (1.29 to 4.14) <0.01 2.56 (1.21 to 5.41) 0.01
Baseline cigarette use, baseline regular smoking 3.69 (2.45 to 5.66) <0.001 2.31 (1.53 to 3.47) <0.001 3.37 (2.18 to 5.2) <0.001
Baseline illicit drug use

*See diagram in figure 2.