Perceived parental alcohol problems, internalizing problems and impaired parent - child relationships among 71 988 young people in Denmark

Pisinger, Veronica; Bloomfield, Kim; Tolstrup, Janne S

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“…This could be considered a limitation. Yet, most studies on parental alcohol problems and related effects have been on more severe (and often clinical) cases of parental alcohol problems (Pisinger et al, 2016). The fact that this study investigates the impact of perceived familial alcohol problems opens ups for insights that could not have been obtained otherwise.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…evidence of the negative influence of parental alcohol abuse on offspring health and wellbeing is ample. Individuals brought up in families with problematic alcohol use have, for instance, increased risks of adolescent behavioural problems, delinquency, mental health problems and poor school performance (Berg, Bäck, Vinnerljung, & Hjern, 2016;Christoffersen & Soothill, 2003;Finan, Schulz, Gordon, & Ohannessian, 2015;Pisinger, Bloomfield, & Tolstrup, 2016). In a survey targeting 1000 randomly selected Swedish 16-19-year-olds, about 20 percent of the adolescents were classified as having parents with alcohol problems.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Problematic familial alcohol use and adolescents’ heavy drinking: can conditions in school compensate for the increased risk of heavy drinking among adolescents from families with problematic alcohol use?

Olsson

Låftman

Modin

2018

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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The aim of the present study is to assess the association between problematic alcohol consumption in the family and youth alcohol consumption and to explore the extent to which this association is moderated by conditions in school in terms of schools' degree of student focus. We use data from the Stockholm School Survey performed among 10,757 ninth grade students and the Stockholm Teacher Survey performed among 2,304 teachers in the same schools. Multilevel logistic regressions were performed. The results showed that problematic alcohol consumption in the family was associated with a higher likelihood of heavy drinking among adolescents. The association was weaker in schools with a strong student focus, indicating a compensatory effect of conditions in school. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Strength and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Problematic familial alcohol use and adolescents’ heavy drinking: can conditions in school compensate for the increased risk of heavy drinking among adolescents from families with problematic alcohol use?

Olsson

Låftman

Modin

2018

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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“…There is clear evidence that family adversities, such as parental mental illness, parental divorce, and parental death (especially by suicide) are important risk factors for both selfharm and suicide attempts in adolescence [1,13,14]. Parental alcohol problems have been associated with poor parent-child communication [15,16], reversed responsibility roles and disrupted routines [17,18], high level of family conflicts [18], parental divorce [19], child neglect [18], and higher risk of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse [18,20], all of which are family adversities which are also associated with elevated risk for self-harm and suicide behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%

Self-injury and suicide behavior among young people with perceived parental alcohol problems in Denmark: a school-based survey

Pisinger

Hawton

Tolstrup

2017

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that young people who perceive their parents to have alcohol problems are more likely to self-injure, have suicide ideation, and to attempt suicide than young people without parental alcohol problems. We also tested whether the association between parental alcohol problems and self-injury, suicide ideation, and suicide attempt among young people differed depending on the gender of the child and the parent. Data came from the Danish National Youth Study 2014, a web-based national survey. A total of 75,853 high school and vocational school students participated. Self-injury, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts were outcomes and the main exposure variables were perceived parental alcohol problems, gender of the parent with alcohol problems, cohabitation with a parent with alcohol problems, and severity of the parents' alcohol problems. Young people with parental alcohol problems had higher odds of self-injury [boys: OR = 1.59 (95% CI 1.40-1.82); girls: OR = 1.84 (95% CI 1.69-1.99)], suicidal ideation [boys: OR = 1.81 (95% CI 1.59-2.06); girls: OR 1.74 (95% CI 1.59-1.89)], and suicide attempt [boys: OR = 2.10 (95% CI 1.63-2.71); girls: OR = 2.09 (95% CI 1.80-2.42)] compared to young people without parental alcohol problems. Girls with parental alcohol problems had higher odds of self-injury than boys with parental alcohol problems, whereas no gender differences were found for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Also no differences were found depending on the gender of the parent with alcohol problems. This study shows that young people with parental alcohol problems have higher odds of self-injury, suicide ideation, and suicide attempts.

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“…The information on adolescent substance use, family-(including familial substance use and psychiatric problems) and school-related factors were based on the self-reporting of the adolescents. It should be noted, however, that for familyrelated factors, adolescents' self-reports of parental characteristics have been reported as providing valid data for research purposes (Pisinger et al 2016). Further, the findings of our study cannot be directly generalized to the general adolescent population, because the adolescents participating in our study initially had severe psychiatric disorders requiring inpatient care.…”

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confidence: 73%

Adolescence Predictors for Drug Crime Offending: A Follow-up Study of Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients

Kontu

Hakko

Riala

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Community Ment Health J

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Our aim was to examine adolescent predictors (family- and school-related factors, substance use, and psychiatric disorders) for drug crime offending. The initial study population consisted of 508 former adolescent psychiatric inpatients aged between 13 and 17 years. Of them, 60 (12%) had committed a drug crime by young adulthood and they were matched with 120 (24%) non-criminal controls by sex, age and family type. During adolescent hospitalization, study participants were interviewed using valid semi-structured research instruments. Criminal records were obtained from the Finnish Legal Register Centre up to young adulthood. A distant relationship with a father, lying, and thieving, moderate/high nicotine dependence and weekly use of stimulants were shown to be the most prominent predictors for drug crime offending. Our findings encourage the use of modern child- and family-centered approaches in preventing youth involvement in illegal drug use and drug crimes.

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Perceived parental alcohol problems, internalizing problems and impaired parent - child relationships among 71 988 young people in Denmark

Abstract: Boys and girls in secondary education in Denmark who report perceived parental alcohol problems have significantly higher odds of internalizing problems and poorer parent-child relationships compared with young people without perceived parental alcohol problems.

Cited by 46 publications

References 31 publications

Problematic familial alcohol use and adolescents’ heavy drinking: can conditions in school compensate for the increased risk of heavy drinking among adolescents from families with problematic alcohol use?

Problematic familial alcohol use and adolescents’ heavy drinking: can conditions in school compensate for the increased risk of heavy drinking among adolescents from families with problematic alcohol use?

Self-injury and suicide behavior among young people with perceived parental alcohol problems in Denmark: a school-based survey

Adolescence Predictors for Drug Crime Offending: A Follow-up Study of Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients

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