The Influence of Parent, Sibling, and Peer Modeling and Attitudes on Adolescent Use of Alcohol

Ary, Dennis V.; Tildesley, Elizabeth; Hops, Hyman; Andrews, Judy A.

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“…Parental alcohol use has been associated with adolescent drinking in the general population (Ary et al, 1993;Barnes et al, 1994;White et al, 2000), Consistent with Social Cognitive Theory-based formulations of alcohol use etiology (Abrams and Niaura, 1987), this relationship may be attributable in part to parental modeling of substance use behavior. Low rates of parental alcohol use may therefore Contribute to decreased drinking rates among Asian youth, who report reduced exposure to adult alcohol use relative to other adolescents (Au and Donaldson, 2000;Keefe and Newcomb, 1996;Newcomb and Bentler, 1986), Additionally, evidence suggests that concordance between perceived adult substance use and self-use is higher among Asian adolescents than among adolescents of other ethnicities (de Moor et al, 1989;Newcomb and Bentler, 1986).…”

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Psychosocial, cultural and genetic influences on alcohol use in Asian American youth.

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Objective-Environmental and cultural factors, as well as a genetic variant of the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (the ALDH2*2 allele) have been identified as correlates of alcohol use among Asian Americans. However, concurrent examination of these variables has been rare. The present study assessed parental alcohol use, acculturation and ALDH2 gene status in relation to lifetime, current and heavy episodic drinking among Chinese and Korean American undergraduates.Method-Participants (N = 428, 51% women; 52% Chinese American, age 18-19 years) were firstyear college students in a longitudinal study of substance use initiation and progression. Data were collected via structured interview and self-report, and participants provided a blood sample for genotyping at the ALDH2 locus.Results-Gender, parental alcohol use and acculturation significantly predicted drinking behavior. However, none of the hypothesized moderating relationships were significant. In contrast with previous studies, ALDH2 gene status was not associated with alcohol use. Conclusions-Resultsindicate that although the variables examined influence alcohol use, moderating effects were not observed in the present sample of Asian American college students. Findings further suggest that the established association ALDH2 status and drinking behavior in Asians may not be evident in late adolescence. It is possible that ALDH2 status is associated with alcohol consumption only following initiation and increased drinking experience.Asian Americans Comprise the fastest-growing ethnic minority population in the United States (Varma and Siris, 1996); accordingly, understanding the etiology of substance use in this group is increasingly important. It has been noted that substance use prevention initiatives should attend to culture-specific factors influencing use among emergent ethnic minority populations (Castro and Alarcon, 2002;Unger et al., 2002). To accomplish this goal it is necessary to first identify such factors, as well as to determine how culture-specific variables give rise to crossethnic differences in substance use. As adolescence is often marked by initiation and escalation of substance use (O'Malley et al., 1998), studies of Asian American youth are important to the identification of etiologic factors specific to alcohol and other drug use in this population.

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“…Similarly, in family socialization theory, a key dimension is parental control (also referred to as discipline, punishment, supervision, and monitoring) (Barnes and Olson, 1985;Guilamo-Ramos et al, 2004). Research suggests that poor parental monitoring and discipline are associated with higher adolescent alcohol use (Ary et al, 1993;Dishion and Loeber, 1985). Newcomb et al (1986) reported that poor relationships with parents predict substance use, and family cohesion has been found to play a protective role in suppressing levels of alcohol consumption among youth (Duncan et al, 1994).…”

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Alcohol use from ages 9 to 16: A cohort-sequential latent growth model

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Strycker

2006

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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This study examined alcohol use from pre-adolescence to mid-adolescence and determined the influence of hypothesized covariates on changes in alcohol use rates during this developmental period. The sample comprised 405 randomly recruited youth from three age cohorts (9, 11, and 13 years), assessed annually for 4 years. Youth were 48.4% female, 50.4% African-American, and 49.6% White. A cohort-sequential latent growth model was employed which modeled alcohol use (use vs. non-use) from ages 9-16 years, accounting for demographic variables of gender, race, parent marital status, and family economic status. Covariates of alcohol use included parent alcohol use, family alcohol problems, family cohesion, parent supervision, peer deviance, peer alcohol use, and peer encouragement of alcohol use. Results showed that proportions of alcohol users increased steadily from ages 9-16 years. Significant covariates were found on the intercept and slope. Being female and higher levels of parent alcohol use were associated with higher initial rates of alcohol use whereas greater friends' encouragement of alcohol use was related to lower initial rates of alcohol use (intercept). Alternatively, more peer deviance and friends' encouragement of alcohol use was related to an increase in alcohol use rates from ages 9-16 years (slope), as was being White and from a single-parent family.

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“…Previous studies have shown that favourable parental attitudes towards drinking are associated with a tendency for adolescents to both initiate and continue drinking (Kandel & Andrews 1987;Andrews et al . 1993;Ary et al . 1993;Jackson, Henriksen & Dickinson 1999).…”

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Young people and alcohol: an econometric analysis

Lundborg

2002

Addiction

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Aims To analyse the determinants of youth drinking behaviour within an economic-theoretical framework. The paper focuses especially on the effects of (a) having parents willing to supply alcohol, (b) living in a single-parent household, (c) having parents who are currently unemployed and (d) having received education about alcohol, narcotics and tobacco. Design, setting and participants A Swedish cross-sectional survey data on 833 individuals aged 12-18 years was used to analyse the effects of the above variables on participation in drinking, frequency of drinking, intensity of drinking and binge drinking. Separate analyses were conducted for beer, wine and spirits. Care was taken in using appropriate econometric methods for the questions posed (negative binomial regression, censored regression and probit regression). Findings Having parents willing to supply alcohol increased frequency ( P < 0.05) of beer, wine and spirits consumption, intensity ( P < 0.05) of wine, spirits and illicit alcohol consumption, and increased probabilities ( P < 0.10) of binge drinking and participation in drinking ( P < 0.05). No effects were seen from living in a single-parent household. Having received education about alcohol, narcotics and tobacco had a negative association only with intensity ( P < 0.10) of beer consumption. Having a father who was currently unemployed was associated with an increased ( P < 0.05) probability of binge drinking but a reduced ( P < 0.05) frequency of wine consumption. Conclusions The positive effect of having parents willing to supply alcohol could reflect that these individuals face lower acquisition costs or lower psychological costs in consumption. It could also reflect a price effect, if the individual receives the alcohol free from his or her parents.

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The Influence of Parent, Sibling, and Peer Modeling and Attitudes on Adolescent Use of Alcohol

Cited by 316 publications

References 30 publications

Psychosocial, cultural and genetic influences on alcohol use in Asian American youth.

Psychosocial, cultural and genetic influences on alcohol use in Asian American youth.

Alcohol use from ages 9 to 16: A cohort-sequential latent growth model

Young people and alcohol: an econometric analysis

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