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An Examination of the Joint Effects of Adolescent Social Goals and Parenting on Substance Use Meisel, Samuel; 0000-0003-2298-3653 Colder, Craig Psychology clinical psychology developmental psychology Ph.D. Social developmental perspectives argue that adolescents with agentic-communal social goals (value close peer relationships as well as independence) and authoritative parents, can form close interpersonal relationships, a central milestone of adolescence, yet avoid substance use which predominantly occurs in the presence of peers (Allen & Loeb, 2015; Baumrind, 1991). Using a longitudinal sample of 387 adolescents and nine annual waves of data, the current study assessed (1) combinations of adolescent social goals and parenting styles from early to middle adolescence using longitudinal latent profile analysis, (2) assessed the validity of these profiles using adolescent, parent, and peer reports of indicators of positive and negative adjustment, and (3) assessed the relationships between the latent profiles and growth in substance use from early through late adolescence as well as substance-related consequences and substance use disorders in late adolescence. The results supported five distinct combinations of social goals and parenting styles and validity analyses identified both risk and protective profiles. Membership in the protective profile, the High Warmth-Authoritative Parenting and Submissive-Communal Social Goals profile, was associated with indicators of positive social adjustment (e.g., friendship quality, resistance to peer influence) as well as lower levels of alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use in early adolescence. Significant differences also emerged with respect to substance-related consequences and substance use disorder symptoms. Findings from the present study highlight how the joint effects of adolescent social goals and parenting render adolescents more or less successful at navigating peer relationships while avoiding substance use behaviors. **To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.** 2025-02-25T23:22:49Z 2025-02-25T23:22:49Z 2020 2020-04-05 13:21:28 Text Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/10477/86794 eng Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. University at Buffalo Libraries do not manage rights for copyright-protected works and cannot assist with permissions. Copyright retained by author. application/pdf State University of New York at Buffalo