Contributions of parenting styles and parental drunkenness to adolescent drinking

Abstract

Objective:To estimate the association of parental drunkenness and parenting style with alcohol consumption among adolescents and the contributions of parental drunkenness and parenting style to the prevalence of binge drinking among adolescents.Method:Cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of secondary students aged 13 to 18 from 27 Brazilian state capitals (n=17,028). Private and public schools were included. A self-report questionnaire collected data on adolescents’ alcohol drinking behavior, parenting styles, and parenting and peer models of drunkenness.Results:Non-authoritative parenting style and parental drunkenness are associated with binge drinking among adolescents. Authoritarian, indulgent, and negligent parenting styles were associated with 1.50-, 2.51-, and 2.82-fold increases in prevalence of adolescent binge drinking, and parental drunkenness, with a 1.99-fold increase. The non-authoritative parenting style made a larger contribution than parental drunkenness to adolescent binge drinking.Conclusions:Non-authoritative parenting style and parental drunkenness seem to play an important role in adolescents’ binge drinking behavior. At the population level, parenting style appears associated with a greater contribution to this behavior among adolescents. Prevention strategies targeting parental drunkenness may be bolstered if a broader approach including parenting styles is in place.

Impact of Parents’ Knowledge about the Development of Self-Esteem in Adolescents and Their Parenting Practice on the Self-Esteem and Suicidal Behavior of Urban High School Students in Nepal

“…Similar to previous studies, we established in the Nepalese context that authoritarian parenting is a risk factor for suicidal behavior. In support of our findings, studies on parenting and adolescent outcome have stated that parenting with high control and harsh parenting, i.e., the authoritarian parenting style, lead to negative outcomes in their adolescent children, such as depression, diminished academic success, and self-harm, while authoritative parenting has a beneficial effect [41,[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]61,83,88]. Hence, our findings suggested that parents can prevent suicidal behavior in their adolescent children by reducing their authoritarian parenting style.…”

“…The range of total scores on the sections of the four-item authoritarian parenting, five-item authoritative parenting, and four-item indulgent parenting was 4–20, 5–25 and 4–20, respectively. We had developed the questionnaire items regarding the parent’s knowledge about the development of self-esteem in adolescents based on the following literatures: [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 7 , 11 , 30 , 31 , 68 ]; we had developed the items on parenting practice related to self-esteem based on the following literatures: [ 7 , 11 , 33 , 36 , 56 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 ]; and we had developed the items on parenting style based on the following literatures: [ 39 , 40 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 56 , 60 , 74 , 75 , 76 ]. The tool was developed in Nepali.…”

“…Authoritative parenting is characterized by warmth, consistency and discipline in mutuality, understanding and support, whereas authoritarian parenting is marked by high control and discipline with punishment, and permissive/indulgent parenting is characterized by very low control and demands, but high degrees of freedom and acceptance [ 36 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 ]. Past studies revealed the beneficial effect of perceived authoritative parenting on academics [ 41 , 44 , 45 , 46 ], the prevention of some risk behaviors such as adolescent smoking and drinking [ 47 , 48 , 49 ], and increased level of hope in adolescents [ 50 ]. However, there have not been many studies on the effect of parenting on the mental health of their children.…”

How Iranian Mothers Raise Their Adolescent Children: A Qualitative Content Analysis

“…As previously showed, parental behavior is a major factor of value transfer and more effective than the words [30] and family members, especially mothers, are role models for adolescents [36]. In one study, 60 percent of alcoholic adolescents had alcoholic parents [40]. Higher hopefulness, self-esteem, and self-regulation, and reduced risky behaviors are some of the consequences of having a positive role model [37].…”

Parenting Styles and Alcohol Use in Brazilian Males

“…Three Brazilian surveys have related parenting styles to teenage alcoholism (Paiva et al, 2012;Valente et al, 2017;Zuquetto et al, 2019), employing self-report instruments to report parenting practices and alcohol use. The participants reported the number of doses of alcohol they normally ingested on a single occasion, which served as the criterion for forming groups of frequent, moderate or occasional drinkers.…”