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Adjusted R2 Subjective health Subjective health Substance use Substance use
(low authoritative) (high authoritative) (low authoritative) (high authoritative)
15.4 8.3 6.5 9.0
Source: Flere et al. (2014).
Notes: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Values in cursive are standardized coefficients.
zdravje otrok in mladostnikov | health of children and adolescents 72 Discussion and conclusion
The negative impact of perceived discrimination on health in our study is
consistent with other research (Pascoe and Smart Richman, 2009), yet unex-
pectedly, perceived discrimination seems to have no impact on substance use
(compare with Clark, 2014). We also found that authoritative parenting has a
two-fold role: it increases subjective health and decreases substance use (Mac-
coby and Martin, 1983; Steinberg and Morris, 2001; Milevsky et al., 2007; Clark,
2014), while it also attenuates the negative impact of perceived discrimination
on health and substance use (Wills and Cleary, 1996; Barton and Brody, 2017).
Our findings could have implications for preventative programmes by
suggesting that potential interventions in diverse areas, such as public health
and social inequalities (subjective health, substance use and perceived discrim-
ination) should all have a common focus – socialization patterns within, but
probably also outside the family. Specifically, interventions in family, school
and out-of-school programmes should take into account the importance of
supportive, authoritative parenting. Furthermore, future studies should delve
into the issue of 1) whether authoritative styles outside of family have a simi-
lar beneficial impact as authoritative parenting; 2) what is the impact of out-
side-of-family socialization patterns compared to parenting practices; and 3)
can the negative consequences of lack of authoritative parenting be somewhat
diminished by authoritative adults outside of the family. In conclusion, our
study indicates authoritative parenting is an important protective family re-
source that improves subjective health of young people and reduces the impact
of social stressors on health.
References
BARTON, A. W. and BRODY, G. H., 2018. Parenting as a buffer that deters
discrimination and race-related stressors from “getting under the skin”:
Theories, findings, and future directions. In: MAJOR, B., DOVID-
IO, J. F. and LINK, B. G., eds. The Oxford handbook of stigma, discrim-
ination and health [online]. New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
pp. 335–354. [viewed 26 June 2019]. Available from: doi:10.1093/oxford-
hb/9780190243470.013.21
BAUMRIND, D., 1966. Effects of authoritative parental control on child behav-
ior. Child Development, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 887–907.
(low authoritative) (high authoritative) (low authoritative) (high authoritative)
15.4 8.3 6.5 9.0
Source: Flere et al. (2014).
Notes: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Values in cursive are standardized coefficients.
zdravje otrok in mladostnikov | health of children and adolescents 72 Discussion and conclusion
The negative impact of perceived discrimination on health in our study is
consistent with other research (Pascoe and Smart Richman, 2009), yet unex-
pectedly, perceived discrimination seems to have no impact on substance use
(compare with Clark, 2014). We also found that authoritative parenting has a
two-fold role: it increases subjective health and decreases substance use (Mac-
coby and Martin, 1983; Steinberg and Morris, 2001; Milevsky et al., 2007; Clark,
2014), while it also attenuates the negative impact of perceived discrimination
on health and substance use (Wills and Cleary, 1996; Barton and Brody, 2017).
Our findings could have implications for preventative programmes by
suggesting that potential interventions in diverse areas, such as public health
and social inequalities (subjective health, substance use and perceived discrim-
ination) should all have a common focus – socialization patterns within, but
probably also outside the family. Specifically, interventions in family, school
and out-of-school programmes should take into account the importance of
supportive, authoritative parenting. Furthermore, future studies should delve
into the issue of 1) whether authoritative styles outside of family have a simi-
lar beneficial impact as authoritative parenting; 2) what is the impact of out-
side-of-family socialization patterns compared to parenting practices; and 3)
can the negative consequences of lack of authoritative parenting be somewhat
diminished by authoritative adults outside of the family. In conclusion, our
study indicates authoritative parenting is an important protective family re-
source that improves subjective health of young people and reduces the impact
of social stressors on health.
References
BARTON, A. W. and BRODY, G. H., 2018. Parenting as a buffer that deters
discrimination and race-related stressors from “getting under the skin”:
Theories, findings, and future directions. In: MAJOR, B., DOVID-
IO, J. F. and LINK, B. G., eds. The Oxford handbook of stigma, discrim-
ination and health [online]. New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
pp. 335–354. [viewed 26 June 2019]. Available from: doi:10.1093/oxford-
hb/9780190243470.013.21
BAUMRIND, D., 1966. Effects of authoritative parental control on child behav-
ior. Child Development, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 887–907.
