Gender differences in predictors of drinking behavior in adolescents

Yeh, Mei‐Yu; Chiang, I-Chyun; Huang, Song-Yuan

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.12.019

Cited by 62 publications

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“…Friends' smoking was the covariate that was largely responsible for this nonsignificant finding, since the elimination of this covariate resulted in the significant mediation effect that was observed in preliminary analyses. This finding is consistent with a plethora of evidence that links peer substance use with adolescent substance use (e.g., Koetting O'Byrne, Haddock, Poston, and Mid America Heart Institute, 2002;Nation and Heflinger, 2006;Yeh, Chiang, and Huang, 2003). Peer influences need to be considered when designing a substance use prevention program that addresses family and self-esteem issues, since previous research suggests that adolescents are more likely to associate with substance-using peers when family relationships are poor .…”

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confidence: 83%

Is Image Everything? The Role of Self-Image in the Relationship Between Family Functioning and Substance Use Among Hispanic Adolescents

Mouttapa

Weiss

Hermann

2009

Substance Use & Misuse

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This cross-sectional self-report study examined (1) whether family functioning (Family Functioning in Adolescence Questionnaire, FFAQ) and self-image (Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale) have independent associations with smoking and alcohol use and (2) whether self-image mediates the relationship between family functioning, smoking, and alcohol use among 1,598 Hispanic males and females in grades 7 through 12 in Los Angeles County, California, in 2001. The findings supported the main effects and, to some degree, the mediational effects that were hypothesized. Limitations and implications for this study are discussed, and directions for future research are suggested. This study was funded by the California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program.

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confidence: 83%

Is Image Everything? The Role of Self-Image in the Relationship Between Family Functioning and Substance Use Among Hispanic Adolescents

Mouttapa

Weiss

Hermann

2009

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…Mother’s moderate-escalating drinking trajectory predicts male offspring rather than female counterpart gambling, specially problem gambling. This finding differs somewhat from previous research which indicates that children tend to model their same sex parents’ substance use (Yeh et al 2006), but it is supported by the work of Cleveland et al (2014) and Englund et al (2008a), showing that maternal alcohol consumption is a good predictor of male alcohol use.…”

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confidence: 95%

Gender differences in the prospective association between maternal alcohol consumption trajectories and young adult offspring’s problem gambling at 30 years

Tran

Clavarino

Williams

et al. 2016

Asian J of Gambling Issues and Public Health

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Although a large number of studies have examined the association between young adult’s alcohol consumption and their problem gambling behaviours, none of these studies address the prospective association between mother’s alcohol consumption and their young adult offspring’s problem gambling behaviours. Using data from a 30 year prospective pre-birth cohort study in Brisbane, Australia (n = 1691), our study examines whether different maternal alcohol consumption trajectories predict offspring’s risk of problem gambling behaviours and whether these associations differ by the young adults’ gender. Offspring’s level of problem gambling behaviours was assessed by the short version of the Canadian Problem Gambling Index, with about 10.6 % of young adults having some risk of problem gambling behaviours. Trajectories of maternal alcohol consumption were determined by group-based trajectory modelling over five time points. Our study found that mother’s alcohol consumption pattern fits into three drinking trajectory groups, namely abstainers (17.2 %), a low-stable drinkers group (64.6 %) and a moderate-escalating drinkers group (18.2 %). Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that the moderate-escalating alcohol trajectory group is independently associated with a risk of their male young adult offspring having problem gambling behaviours at 30 years—even after adjustment for a range of potential confounding variables. Mothers who exhibit a persistent life course pattern of moderate-escalating drinking have male children who have a high risk of engaging in problem gambling behaviours. Offspring’s alcohol consumption partially mediated the association between maternal drinking trajectories and young adult’s risk of problem behaviours. High levels of maternal alcohol consumption may lead to male offspring antisocial behaviours. Programs intended to address problem gambling behaviours by young adults may need to focus on male group with a focus which specifically addresses family influences as these contribute to gambling behaviour.

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“…Previous studies of protective factors have often focused separately on the importance of either different parenting practices (e.g., Borawski et al, 2003) or school engagement (Simons-Morton, 2004). It has been suggested that alcohol is more closely related to family relations for girls than for boys (Yeh, Chiang, & Huang, 2006). Previous studies have also linked low parental support and low school cohesion to heavy episodic drinking among girls (Springer et al, 2006).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Heavy Episodic Drinking in Early Adolescence: Gender-Specific Risk and Protective Factors

Danielsson

Romelsjö

Tengström

2010

Substance Use & Misuse

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This longitudinal study examined possible gender differences regarding risk and protective factors for heavy episodic drinking among 1,222 seventh-grade students (aged 13) in the City of Stockholm, Sweden, with follow-up 2 years later. Logistic regression analyses showed that several factors predicted heavy episodic drinking. The strongest predictors for boys' heavy episodic drinking in the ninth grade were heavy episodic drinking (odds ratio [OR] = 5.30) and smoking in the seventh grade (OR = 5.80). Drinking peers (OR = 2.47) and smoking (OR = 2.44) in the seventh grade showed the strongest association for girls. Furthermore, high parental monitoring and having a secure attachment to parents may have a protective effect when risk factors are present. Our results lend support to prevention initiatives to strengthen the parent-child relation and focus on adolescents' ability to resist peer pressure and of limiting parental provision of alcohol. The study's limitations are noted.

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Gender differences in predictors of drinking behavior in adolescents

Cited by 62 publications

References 27 publications

Is Image Everything? The Role of Self-Image in the Relationship Between Family Functioning and Substance Use Among Hispanic Adolescents

Is Image Everything? The Role of Self-Image in the Relationship Between Family Functioning and Substance Use Among Hispanic Adolescents

Gender differences in the prospective association between maternal alcohol consumption trajectories and young adult offspring’s problem gambling at 30 years

Heavy Episodic Drinking in Early Adolescence: Gender-Specific Risk and Protective Factors

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