Does Social Support Moderate Mediational Associations between Parental Addiction, Adolescent Perceptions of Parental Addiction and Adolescent Psychopathology?

This exploratory longitudinal study examines whether/how social support moderates the mediating effect of adolescents’ perceptions of parent’s prioritization of addiction on associations between parental addiction and adolescent substance use/psychopathology. Findings may reveal the unique role adolescent perceptions and social support play in processes underlying intergenerational psychopathology.