The impact of parent-child discussions and parent restrictions on adolescent alcohol consumption.

Williams, Rebecca J; Kittinger, Daniela S; Eller, LaShanda N; Nigg, Claudio R (2010). The impact of parent-child discussions and parent restrictions on adolescent alcohol consumption. Hawaii medical journal, 69(6), pp. 145-147. University Clinical, Education & Research Associates (UCERA)

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The impact of parent influence on adolescent drinking behavior has been extensively researched, but remains unclear. This assessment used data from a survey administered in after school programs in Maui County to further examine parents' role in preventing underage drinking. Two factors were explored for their impacts on drinking behavior: parent-child discussions and perceived parent sanctioning of alcohol use. Separate analysis was conducted for all respondents and for those who are drinkers. Youth ages 12-17 (n = 572; 46.7% female; 25.2% alcohol drinkers; 16.4% binge drinkers( participated in the study. No significant differences for the reported number of days of drinking (chi-square = 1.38, p > 0.05) and the number of days of binge drinking (chi-square = 0.31, p > 0.05) between those that did and did not have parent-child communications was found. A significant difference was found, however, for the number of drinking days (chi-square = 38.6, p < 0.05) and the number of binge drinking days (chi-square = 39.4, p < 0.05), f or "all respondents" between those who perceived parent restriction and those who did not. These findings suggest that parent-child communication may be most influential when characterized in such a way as to include well-defined restrictions against alcohol use.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW)

UniBE Contributor:

Nigg, Claudio Renato

Subjects:

700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment

ISSN:

0017-8594

Publisher:

University Clinical, Education & Research Associates (UCERA)

Language:

English

Submitter:

Claudio Renato Nigg

Date Deposited:

01 May 2024 16:44

Last Modified:

01 Jul 2024 16:15

PubMed ID:

20535688

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/193128

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/193128

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