TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol use in adolescents whose fathers abuse drugs
AU - Brook, David W.
AU - Brook, Judith S.
AU - Rubenstone, Elizabeth
AU - Zhang, Chenshu
AU - Singer, Merrill
AU - Duke, Michael R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants DA 09950 and DA 11116 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and by Research Scientist Award DA 00244 to Dr. Judith S. Brook.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This study examined the interrelation of several domains, including father attributes, father-child relations, peer influences, environmental factors, and youth personality, as they related to adolescent alcohol use. Several aspects of the father-child relationship were also examined as possible protective factors against adolescent drinking. Subjects consisted of 204 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers and their adolescent children between the ages of 12-20. Data were collected via individual structured interviews of both the fathers and the youth. Results indicated that several items from each domain were related to adolescent drinking, and that an affectionate father-child bond had a protective effect. Moreover, hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that the youth's personality mediated between all other domains and adolescent alcohol use. There was also a direct effect of peer influences on adolescent drinking. Findings extend the literature on the specific mechanisms which link parental substance use with adolescent alcohol use in a high-risk population.
AB - This study examined the interrelation of several domains, including father attributes, father-child relations, peer influences, environmental factors, and youth personality, as they related to adolescent alcohol use. Several aspects of the father-child relationship were also examined as possible protective factors against adolescent drinking. Subjects consisted of 204 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers and their adolescent children between the ages of 12-20. Data were collected via individual structured interviews of both the fathers and the youth. Results indicated that several items from each domain were related to adolescent drinking, and that an affectionate father-child bond had a protective effect. Moreover, hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that the youth's personality mediated between all other domains and adolescent alcohol use. There was also a direct effect of peer influences on adolescent drinking. Findings extend the literature on the specific mechanisms which link parental substance use with adolescent alcohol use in a high-risk population.
KW - Adolescent alcohol use
KW - Fathers
KW - HIV-affected children
KW - High-risk youth
KW - Parental substance use
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U2 - 10.1300/J069v22n01_02
DO - 10.1300/J069v22n01_02
M3 - Article
C2 - 12661977
AN - SCOPUS:0037230264
SN - 1055-0887
VL - 22
SP - 11
EP - 34
JO - Journal of Addictive Diseases
JF - Journal of Addictive Diseases
IS - 1
ER -