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This scoping review aimed to map parental competencies as modifiable family-level protective factors for adolescent substance use prevention. Following Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and PRISMA-ScR guidance, nine electronic databases were searched from inception to 20 July 2026. Peer-reviewed original studies addressing parental competencies relevant to substance use prevention among adolescents aged 9\u201319 years were included. Competencies were mapped according to their conceptual domains and evidence roles. Thirty-two publications were included, identifying 11 parental competency domains. Relational bonding and family involvement (90.6%), prevention communication (87.5%), monitoring and supervision (62.5%), and rules, boundaries, and expectations (53.1%) were most frequently represented. Competencies were more often targeted in interventions than directly measured or examined in relation to adolescent substance-use outcomes, and measurement approaches varied considerably across studies. Parental competencies relevant to adolescent substance use prevention encompass multiple relational, communicative, supervisory, and behavioral capacities. 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