But I Trust My Teen: Parents' Attitudes and Response to a Parental Monitoring Intervention
Table 1
Study sample characteristics valid percentages, and mean reporting.
Characteristic
Intervention group ()
Control group ()
(%)
(SE)
SD
(%)
(SE)
SD
Gender (female)
251
74.0
108
62.4
Race (Caucasian)
323
95.6
167
96.5
Two/less children in home
229
85.4
119
83.8
Stepchildren in the home
19
5.7
12
7.1
Two adults in the home
250
74.0
135
78.0
Family income ≤15,000
64
19.2
32
18.9
Attitudes—UMP
3.5 (0.02)
0.33
3.5 (0.02)
0.34
Attitudes—EXP
2.6 (0.02)
0.38
2.6 (0.03)
0.35
Attitudes—ATP
1.7 (0.02)
0.54
1.7 (0.04)
0.57
Parent-reported open communication—baseline
3.2 (0.02)
0.40
3.2 (0.03)
0.41
Parent-reported open communication—4 month
3.1 (0.02)
0.36
3.1 (0.04)
0.37
Parent-reported open communication—8 month
3.1 (0.03)
0.38
3.1 (0.04)
0.37
Parent-reported open communication—12 month
3.1 (0.02)
0.39
3.2 (0.04)
0.42
Adolescent-reported direct monitoring—baseline
2.8 (0.05)
0.96
2.8 (0.07)
0.94
Adolescent-reported direct monitoring—4 month
2.8 (0.07)
1.00
2.8 (0.09)
0.98
Adolescent-reported direct monitoring—8 month
2.6 (0.07)
0.98
2.7 (0.09)
0.96
Adolescent-reported direct monitoring—12 month
2.7 (0.08)
1.02
2.7 (0.10)
0.97
UMP: parent attitudes about the usefulness of the monitoring process; EXP: parent attitudes about the impact of monitoring on adolescent risk behavior and experimentation; ATP: parent attitudes about monitoring and the importance of adolescent trust and privacy.
