The development of children's intentions to use alcohol: direct and indirect effects of parent alcohol use and parenting behaviors.

Full Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of parent alcohol use and parenting behavior on the development of children's intentions to use alcohol in Grades 1 through 8. The authors hypothesized that the effect of parent alcohol use on children's intention to use alcohol would be mediated through parenting behavior, specifically monitoring/supervision, positive parenting, and inconsistent discipline. Using cohort-sequential latent growth modeling (LGM), the authors tested 3 models examining the effect of the development of parent alcohol use on the development of children's intentions to use alcohol, as mediated by the development of each of the 3 parenting behaviors. Multiple group analyses were used to explore gender differences. The effect of growth in parent alcohol use on growth in children's intentions was mediated only by parent monitoring/supervision and was significant only for girls. The effect of inconsistent discipline was directly related to growth in intentions for both boys and girls. Although parent alcohol use was related to less positive parenting, positive parenting was unrelated to children's intentions to use alcohol.(c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved.

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Author information

Author/s: Tildesley, Elizabeth A (EA); Andrews, Judy A (JA);

Affiliation: Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1983, USA. liz(-atsign-)ori.org

Grants: DA 10767 (Agency:United States NIDA)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors (Psychol Addict Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Sep; vol 22 (issue 3) : pp 326-39

Dates: Created 2008/09/09; Completed 2008/10/08;

PMID: 18778126, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Child
Child Behavior - psychology
Child Development
Cohort Studies
Female

Humans
Intention
Linear Models
Male
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting - psychology
Parents - psychology
Sex Factors

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