| In the current study, the relationship between retrospective evaluations of parental monitoring and the frequency of self-reported risk behaviors among college students was explored. Participants included 69 collegians, aged 19--22 years, who had formerly participated in the youth group of the same Protestant church. The risk behaviors examined were alcohol usage and sexual activity. Retrospective memories of the degree of parental monitoring in high school were assessed, together with four other measures of parental involvement: encouragement, strictness, religious communication, and religious modeling. Zero-order correlations and mean comparisons failed to demonstrate any significant relationships between parental involvement and risk behavior. |
