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Parental Monitoring: A Deciding Factor in Adolescent Health Risk Behavior


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The study was conducted among the students of 18-19 years studying in the city of Bangalore. 100 samples were collected in a major educational institutional the students of the institution were the respondents. Simple random sampling was used. The study reveals that about 59% of the adolescents are into one or multiple health risk behaviors and it is parental monitoring, a source of parental influence, which is significantly associated with the overall health risk behavior, (p value <0.05). Parental monitoring is an influence proved to be there deciding the presence or absence of health risk behaviors namely consumption of tobacco, alcohol, drugs and practice of unsafe sex

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Adolescents, Health Risk Behavior, Parental Monitoring.
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Sushma G. Murthy
Department of Social Work, Christ University, Bangalore, India
K. Hemalatha
Department of Social Work, Christ University, Bangalore, India

Abstract


The study was conducted among the students of 18-19 years studying in the city of Bangalore. 100 samples were collected in a major educational institutional the students of the institution were the respondents. Simple random sampling was used. The study reveals that about 59% of the adolescents are into one or multiple health risk behaviors and it is parental monitoring, a source of parental influence, which is significantly associated with the overall health risk behavior, (p value <0.05). Parental monitoring is an influence proved to be there deciding the presence or absence of health risk behaviors namely consumption of tobacco, alcohol, drugs and practice of unsafe sex

Keywords


Adolescents, Health Risk Behavior, Parental Monitoring.