Heavy drug-use among bad boys curbed by parental monitoring and peers
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 10:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Aggressive and hyperactive boys with low parental monitoring are more likely to befriend deviant peers and become heavy drug users as teens, according to a new study. Yet the investigation found that 'bad boys' can be protected from heavy substance use as teenagers if they are highly monitored and befriend 'good boys' as children.