Research Article
Parental Factors Associated with Mexican American Adolescent Alcohol Use
Table 2
Parenting characteristics of Mexican American families (
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| Parenting characteristic | Frequency | (%) |
| Parental warmth | | | Very low warmth | 28 | 3% | Low warmth | 186 | 19% | Average warmth | 142 | 15% | High warmth | 296 | 31% | Very high warmth | 304 | 32% | Parental control | | | Not controlling | 168 | 18% | Slightly controlling | 595 | 62% | Very controlling | 178 | 19% | Totally controlling | 15 | 2% | Parent-youth relationship | | | Get along well (PY1) | | | Never | 3 | 0.3% | Seldom | 13 | 1% | Sometimes | 101 | 11% | Often | 314 | 33% | Always | 525 | 55% | Make decisions together (PY2) | | | Never | 23 | 2% | Seldom | 38 | 4% | Sometimes | 230 | 24% | Often | 316 | 33% | Always | 349 | 37% | Trust them (PY3) | | | Never | 7 | 1% | Seldom | 25 | 3% | Sometimes | 117 | 12% | Often | 218 | 23% | Always | 589 | 62% |
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