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Moreira MT, Lima A, Fernandes CS, Pereira A, Lemos D, Pereira L, Delgado R, Rodrigues S, Sampaio F. Nurse-Led Approaches to Lowering Alcohol Use among Adolescents: Study Findings. NURSING REPORTS 2024; 14:707-718. [PMID: 38651466 PMCID: PMC11036209 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep14020054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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This study delves into how motivational sessions and brief interventions impact students' alcohol consumption, highlighting the vital role of nurses in fostering positive behavioural changes. The study aims to discern the effects of these interventions, starting with a pre-and post-intervention setup involving 62 students from a private school in northern Portugal. The intervention comprised a session delivered by school and mental health nurses, utilizing the motivational intervention and FRAMES method and a poster offering feedback on alcohol consumption scores. The results indicated that females tended to drink for fewer days and engage in less binge drinking than males. Furthermore, the intervention hinted at a reduction in the number of heavy drinking days. This study underscores the importance of including healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, in delivering brief interventions within school settings. The findings carry weight for crafting evidence-based interventions to cultivate healthier adolescent behaviours and enhance overall well-being.
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- Maria Teresa Moreira
- CINTESIS@RISE, Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), 4200-450 Porto, Portugal; (A.L.); (C.S.F.); (F.S.)
- Institute of Research, Innovation and Development Fernando Pessoa Foundation (FP-I3ID, FP-BHS), 4200-253 Porto, Portugal;
- Escola Superior de Saúde Fernando Pessoa, Rua Delfim Maia, 334, 4200-253 Porto, Portugal
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- CINTESIS@RISE, Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), 4200-450 Porto, Portugal; (A.L.); (C.S.F.); (F.S.)
- Higher School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, 4900-314 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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- CINTESIS@RISE, Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), 4200-450 Porto, Portugal; (A.L.); (C.S.F.); (F.S.)
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- PSHC—Portugal Sénior Health Care, 4905-152 Barcelos, Portugal
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- ULS Alto Ave, 4820-273 Fafe, Portugal; (D.L.); (L.P.)
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- ULS Alto Ave, 4820-273 Fafe, Portugal; (D.L.); (L.P.)
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- Institute of Research, Innovation and Development Fernando Pessoa Foundation (FP-I3ID, FP-BHS), 4200-253 Porto, Portugal;
- Escola Superior de Saúde Fernando Pessoa, Rua Delfim Maia, 334, 4200-253 Porto, Portugal
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- CINTESIS@RISE, Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), 4200-450 Porto, Portugal; (A.L.); (C.S.F.); (F.S.)
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Stephenson M, Heron J, Bountress K, Hickman M, Kendler KS, Edwards AC. The effect of parental alcohol use on alcohol use disorder in young adulthood: Exploring the mediating roles of adolescent alcohol expectancies and consumption. J Adolesc 2023; 95:716-728. [PMID: 36751135 PMCID: PMC10257746 DOI: 10.1002/jad.12148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Parental alcohol use and problems are risk factors for alcohol use disorder (AUD), and these effects may be mediated by adolescent alcohol expectancies and consumption. In the present study, we tested the direct effects of mothers' and fathers' alcohol consumption on young adult AUD, as well as the indirect effects through adolescent maximum alcohol use, alcohol consumption, and alcohol expectancies. METHODS Participants were 5160 individuals (49.1% female) and their biological parents from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a cohort study of children born in southwestern England during 1991 and 1992. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test associations of mothers' and fathers' alcohol use (assessed when children were 12 years old) with age 24 AUD. Potential mediator variables included the maximum number of alcoholic drinks consumed within a 24-h period by age 13.5 and alcohol expectancies and alcohol consumption at ages 17 and 20. RESULTS Higher maternal and paternal alcohol use were associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption at age 17. Greater alcohol consumption, in turn, was related to a more severe presentation of AUD. The overall indirect effects of mothers' (b = 0.033, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.006, 0.059) and fathers' drinking (b = 0.041, 95% CI = 0.018, 0.064) on AUD were modest but significant, and were primarily comprised of adolescent alcohol consumption rather than alcohol expectancies. CONCLUSIONS Our findings underscore the importance of both mothers' and fathers' drinking for the development of alcohol use and problems across adolescence and young adulthood.
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- Mallory Stephenson
- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), University of Bristol
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Miguez FGG, Oliveira G, Correa MM, Oliveira ERA. Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA): alcohol consumption and associated factors. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE EPIDEMIOLOGIA 2023; 26:e230025. [PMID: 37162067 PMCID: PMC10168630 DOI: 10.1590/1980-549720230025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze factors that influence alcohol consumption by Brazilian adolescents aged 12 to 17 years from the five macro-regions of Brazil, according to sociodemographic, schooling, and family characteristics. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study with data from the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA). The outcome was assessed by alcohol consumption and considered the variables sex, age, ethnicity/skin color, maternal schooling level, having housemaids, number of bathrooms at home, living or not with parents, and type of school. For the analyses, the survey mode was used for complex samples. Poisson regression was performed to assess the magnitude of factors associated with alcohol consumption among adolescents. RESULTS The prevalence of alcohol consumption by adolescents was 22.1%. The variables age range of 15 to 17 years, higher socioeconomic status, and living alone or with only one of the parents were factors that remained associated with alcohol consumption by adolescents regardless of their region of residence. Protective factors in alcohol consumption were associated with variables related to lower economic conditions and being of Asian or indigenous descent. CONCLUSION The percentage of adolescents who consume alcohol is worrisome and must be tackled with public policies and health education. Understanding which factors are related to this situation contributes to practices and policies aimed to reduce its prevalence and damage to health.
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- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Public Health Program, Health Sciences Center - Vitória (ES), Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Universitary hospital Cassiano Antônio de Moraes - Vitória (ES), Brazil
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Gómez Plata M, Laghi F, Zammuto M, Pastorelli C. Refusal self-efficacy and alcohol-related behaviours in community samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03954-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Men's decrease and women's increase in harmful alcohol use from the 2014 to 2018 national surveys in Taiwan: A harbinger for an emerging national trend in East Asia? THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2021; 99:103441. [PMID: 34503897 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gender differences in alcohol use have narrowed in Western societies, but that in Asia has been less investigated. By comparing the 2014 and 2018 waves of the national survey in Taiwan, we aimed to examine the gender differences in population trends in past-month alcohol use, binge drinking, and harmful alcohol use. METHODS The national survey enrolled 17,837 participants in 2014 and 18,626 participants in 2018. Binge drinking was defined as having ≥5 drinks on one occasion in the past month, and harmful alcohol use as having an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score of ≥8. RESULTS There were significant decreases from 2014 to 2018 in the population's prevalence of past-month alcohol use, binge drinking, and harmful alcohol use. However, males and females had different trends: males showed significant reductions in all three alcohol use behaviours (a decrease of 3.79%, 1.59%, and 2.60%, respectively), while females exhibited a significant rise in harmful alcohol use (from 1.32% to 1.72%), particularly among those aged 18-29 years. CONCLUSION There was gender convergence in alcohol use in Taiwan, mainly due to men's decrease and women's increase in harmful alcohol use. Our findings have important implications for the intervention and prevention of the problematic use of alcohol in East Asia.
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Kuo PC, Huang JH, Wu SC, Chen WJ. Associations of parental and peer cross-substance use with 12-17-year-old adolescents' problematic alcohol use: A parent-child dyadic gender analysis. Drug Alcohol Depend 2021; 221:108611. [PMID: 33639568 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent alcohol use was found to be influenced by parental and peer alcohol use. Drinking behaviors also differed by gender. However, previous studies mainly focused on adolescents' substance use in relation to the same substance use among their salient others. Hence, this study investigated the cross-substance relationships of alcohol and tobacco use of parents and peers with adolescents' problematic alcohol use, separately by gender. METHODS Data were derived from 4445 adolescents aged 12-17 years from the 2014 National Survey of Substance Use, a nationally representative survey in Taiwan. Problematic alcohol use was assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Multivariate multinomial logistic regression was used, stratified by gender. RESULTS For males, maternal (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.73) and peer (aOR = 2.57) alcohol use was related to social drinking (AUDIT < 2); paternal (aOR = 3.58), maternal (aOR = 2.18), peer alcohol use (aOR = 5.37), and their own tobacco use (aOR = 4.72) were related to problem drinking (AUDIT ≥ 2). For females, maternal (aOR = 2.26) and peer (aOR = 2.84) alcohol use was related to social drinking; maternal (aOR = 2.35) and peer tobacco use (aOR = 3.48), and paternal (aOR = 4.56) and peer alcohol use (aOR = 3.36) were linked to problem drinking. CONCLUSIONS Both male and female adolescents' alcohol use was associated with their peer alcohol use, and gender differences were found in relation to their parental and peer substance use. Specifically, the parental role-modeling of smoking was only significant in mother-daughter dyads. These findings could inform multifaceted adolescent alcohol prevention programs, tailoring for males and females and also targeting their parental and peer substance use.
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- Pei-Chun Kuo
- Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Neuropsychiatric Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
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Syed S, Sampasa-Kanyinga H, Hamilton HA, Kingsbury M, Colman I. Low school belongingness and non-prescription opioid use among students in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2021; 112:449-455. [PMID: 33428115 DOI: 10.17269/s41997-020-00460-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES School belonging impacts a range of factors, including academic performance, school attendance, relationships with peers and teachers, mental and physical health, and drug and alcohol use. Previous studies have shown that a lack of belonging to one's school is associated with substance use. The objective of the study was to examine the association between low school belongingness and the use of opioids in students in grades 9 through 12 in Ontario, Canada. METHODS Data were gathered from 6418 participants in grades 9-12 who responded to the 2015 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS). Logistic regression analyses were used to model associations between low school belongingness and opioid use, adjusted for gender, grade, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and living situation. RESULTS Overall, low school belongingness was associated with non-prescribed opioid use (OR = 1.11, 95% CI 1.05-1.17). Feeling unsafe at school (OR = 1.43, 95% CI 1.23-1.66) was associated with elevated odds of using non-medically prescribed opioids. Girls who felt that they were not a part of their school community were at elevated odds of using opioids (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.16-1.56); this association was not observed among boys. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that low school belongingness may be associated with the use of non-prescribed opioids in students. These findings suggest that school-based interventions aimed at improving social cohesion and feelings of belongingness and safety may be beneficial in reducing the use of non-prescription opioids among adolescents.
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- Shaezeen Syed
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Room 308C, Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Room 308C, Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Room 308C, Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Room 308C, Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3, Canada. .,Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Understanding alcohol-specific antecedents among Chinese vocational school adolescents. Addict Behav 2020; 110:106483. [PMID: 32540631 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol use among Chinese vocational school students is widespread and associated with many negative consequences. However, alcohol-specific antecedents for this population are understudied. OBJECTIVES The current study explored: (a) which alcohol-specific antecedents are the most salient predictors for alcohol use intentions, (b) whether any mediational relationships exist among these alcohol-specific antecedents, and (c) whether gender-based differences exist among these relationships. METHODS This study analyzed data from 1,230 vocational school adolescents in three Chinese cities. Survey data were analyzed using dominance analysis and structural equation modeling. RESULTS Personal norms were the most salient antecedents for alcohol use intentions, followed by injunctive norms from friends and parents, descriptive norms from friends and classmates, and positive belief about drinking. We observed a statistically significant mediational chain from descriptive norms to injunctive norms, and in turn to personal norms and positive beliefs, and finally to alcohol use intentions. Gender moderated some of the paths. CONCLUSIONS Alcohol use norms and beliefs among Chinese vocational school students have distinct predictive relationships with alcohol use intentions. Alcohol use prevention programs designed for this population need to address normative beliefs (descriptive, injunctive, and personal norms) and the perceived benefit of alcohol use.
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Bo A, Jaccard J. Parenting as an inhibitor of gender disparities in alcohol use: the case of early adolescents in China. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:1098. [PMID: 32660454 PMCID: PMC7359565 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09195-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gender differences in alcohol use are more substantial among early adolescents in China than in the United States, presumably because of more permissive drinking norms for boys than girls in Chinese culture. This study tested a theory that gender differences in early experimentation with alcohol can be reduced through general parenting practices. Whereas traditional research has identified mediators of gender differences in alcohol use, the current research isolated moderators of gender differences and developed their implications for prevention programs. METHODS The study analyzed the data from the China Global School-Based Student Health Survey (n = 8805 middle school students in four cities). Youth completed anonymous surveys in classroom settings. The study examined interaction effects between gender and parenting variables using multiple regression with robust standard errors. RESULTS Early adolescent boys exhibited higher levels of drinking than girls for all drinking outcomes. The gender differences in drinking were negatively associated with the level of perceived parental monitoring, parental involvement in adolescent school performance, and parental empathy in a nonlinear way. CONCLUSIONS Results suggested that early adolescents' perceptions of general parenting practice nonlinearly moderated gender disparities in alcohol use.
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- Ai Bo
- Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Department of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2400 E. Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
- School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 325 Pittsboro St., Campus Box 3550, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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- Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003 USA
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Lee CK, Corte C, Stein KF, Feng JY, Liao LL. Alcohol-related cognitive mechanisms underlying adolescent alcohol use and alcohol problems: Outcome expectancy, self-schema, and self-efficacy. Addict Behav 2020; 105:106349. [PMID: 32078890 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The objective of this study was to empirically test a theoretical model to determine the cognitive mechanisms that are associated with adolescent alcohol use and alcohol problems. We posited that alcohol outcome expectancies would affect alcohol-refusal self-efficacy through the drinker self-schema. We also posited that alcohol outcome expectancies and the drinker self-schema would affect alcohol use and problems through alcohol-refusal self-efficacy. METHODS A survey was administered to 225 adolescents in a public junior high school in Taiwan at two-time points, six months apart. Path analysis was used to determine the mechanisms underlying the alcohol-related cognitive constructs on the alcohol use and alcohol problems separately, controlling for appropriate alcohol-related personal and environmental factors. Indirect effects were estimated using the bootstrapping method. RESULTS Higher positive alcohol outcome expectancies and lower negative alcohol outcome expectancies predicted higher drinker self-schema scores. Higher positive alcohol outcome expectancies and drinker self-schema scores predicted lower alcohol-refusal self-efficacy. Lower alcohol-refusal self-efficacy was associated with a history of drinking and alcohol problems in the past six months. Effects of alcohol outcome expectancies on alcohol use and alcohol problems were partially mediated through the drinker self-schema and alcohol-refusal self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS Findings support the proposed theoretical cognitive mechanisms underlying alcohol use and alcohol problems in a sample of Taiwanese adolescents. Given that alcohol-related cognitive constructs are modifiable, the findings also provide a foundation to suggest that interventions to reduce positive alcohol outcome expectations and prevent the formation of a drinker self-schema may facilitate alcohol-refusal self-efficacy and mitigate drinking behaviors in this adolescent population.
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Gamble DN, Josefson CC, Hennessey MK, Davis AM, Waters RC, Jones BN, Belton DM, Hall NI, Costen TJ, Kirstein CL, Maldonado-Devincci AM. Social Interaction With an Alcohol-Intoxicated or Cocaine-Injected Peer Selectively Alters Social Behaviors and Drinking in Adolescent Male and Female Rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2019; 43:2525-2535. [PMID: 31585020 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Drinking alcohol is facilitated by social interactions with peers, especially during adolescence. The importance of peer social influences during adolescence on alcohol and substance use has recently received more attention. We have shown that social interaction with an alcohol-intoxicated peer influences adolescent alcohol drinking differently in male and female rats using the demonstrator-observer paradigm. The present set of experiments analyzed the social interaction session to determine changes in social behaviors and subsequent alcohol drinking in adolescent male and female rats. METHODS Specifically, in Experiment 1, we determined whether specific social behaviors were altered during interaction with an alcohol-intoxicated demonstrator administered 1.5 g/kg ethanol (EtOH) and assessed changes in EtOH intake in adolescent observers. Experiment 2 examined changes in voluntary saccharin consumption to determine whether social interaction with an alcohol-intoxicated demonstrator administered 1.5 g/kg EtOH altered consumption of a palatable solution. In Experiment 3, we administered saline, and a low (5 mg/kg) or high (20 mg/kg) dose of cocaine to the demonstrator and assessed changes in the adolescent observers to determine whether social interaction with a "drugged" peer altered social behaviors and voluntary EtOH intake. RESULTS We showed that social interaction with an alcohol-intoxicated demonstrator administered 1.5 g/kg EtOH (i) decreased social play and increased social investigation and social contact in adolescent male and female observers, (ii) did not alter nonsocial behaviors, (iii) did not alter saccharin consumption, and (iv) increased voluntary EtOH intake in adolescent female but not male observers. When the peer was injected with cocaine, (i) social play was dose-dependently decreased, (ii) there were no changes in other social or nonsocial behaviors, and (iii) voluntary EtOH intake in adolescent male and female observers was unaffected. CONCLUSIONS The present results are consistent and extend our previous work, showing that social interaction with an alcohol-intoxicated peer selectively alters social behaviors and alcohol drinking in adolescent rats. Females appear to be more sensitive to the elevating effects of social interaction on voluntary EtOH consumption.
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- Danielle N Gamble
- Department of Psychology, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia
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- Cognitive and Neurosciences, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Cognitive and Neurosciences, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Human Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Human Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Human Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Human Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Cognitive and Neurosciences, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.,Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Human Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
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Meisel SN, Colder CR. Dyadic and Group-Level Positive Friendship Characteristics and Susceptibility to Perceived Delinquent Peer Substance Use. THE JOURNAL OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE 2019; 39:477-498. [PMID: 31346301 PMCID: PMC6658102 DOI: 10.1177/0272431618770798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Peer relations researchers have suggested that dyadic and peer group relationship characteristics may interact with each other to affect behavior. Building on prior work that has pitted the relative effects of dyadic and peer group relationship characteristics on susceptibility to peer influence, the present study sought to integrate dyadic and group characteristics into a moderational model by testing whether friendship quality and peer group identification together exacerbate risk for conforming to peer norms for substance use. This longitudinal study included 387 early adolescents assessed annually for 4 years. Participants completed measures of perceived peer delinquency, friendship quality, peer group identification, and substance use frequency. Results indicated that perceived peer delinquency had the strongest association with substance use for adolescents characterized by high friendship quality and high peer group identification. These findings highlight the importance of considering the joint effects of multiple peer relationship characteristics on susceptibility to peer influence.
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Lindfors P, Minkkinen J, Katainen A, Rimpelä A. Do maternal knowledge and paternal knowledge of children's whereabouts buffer differently against alcohol use? A longitudinal study among Finnish boys and girls. Drug Alcohol Depend 2019; 194:351-357. [PMID: 30472575 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that parental knowledge of the child's activities and whereabouts prevents adolescents' alcohol use. However, evidence on whether the positive effects of maternal and paternal knowledge are distinctive for boys' and girls' alcohol use is inconclusive. We examined whether perceived parental knowledge at age 13 prevents alcohol use at age 16, whether the effect of maternal and paternal knowledge was the same for both genders, and whether paternal knowledge had as strong an effect as maternal knowledge. METHOD Adolescents answered a school survey in 2011 (age 13) and 2014 (age 16) in Finland (N = 5742). Perceived maternal and paternal knowledge was measured separately using a Parents' Monitoring Scale. The data were analysed via moderation regression modelling using Bayesian estimation. RESULTS Perceived maternal and paternal knowledge at age 13 predicted boys' and girls' lower alcohol use at age 16. For those who had not used alcohol at age 13, parental knowledge protected against an increase of alcohol use at age 16. Both maternal and paternal knowledge had a shielding effect against the increase of boys' and girls' alcohol use, but maternal knowledge had a stronger shielding effect than paternal knowledge. CONCLUSIONS Both maternal and paternal perceived knowledge at age 13 buffers against the adverse development of alcohol use at age 16 for both genders. Underlining the importance of parent-child communication and knowledge about the child's activities should be a part of family health counselling and school health services.
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- P Lindfors
- Department of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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- Department of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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- Department of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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Gender Differences in Smartphone Addiction Behaviors Associated With Parent–Child Bonding, Parent–Child Communication, and Parental Mediation Among Korean Elementary School Students. J Addict Nurs 2018; 29:244-254. [DOI: 10.1097/jan.0000000000000254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Tran NT, Clavarino A, Williams GM, Najman JM. Gender Difference in Offspring's Alcohol Use Disorder by 21 Years: A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Influences. Subst Use Misuse 2018; 53:705-715. [PMID: 28960126 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1363233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AIMS There is little known about the extent to which maternal alcohol consumption influences offspring's alcohol use disorder. This study aims to examine whether different maternal alcohol consumption trajectories predict gender difference in adolescent alcohol use disorder at child age 21 years. METHODS Data are from a prospective cohort, the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) and its outcomes. The study involves 2531 mother-child pairs for whom data are available at the 21-year follow-up survey. Maternal alcohol consumption trajectories were determined by group-based trajectory modelling. Offspring's lifetime ever alcohol use disorder was assessed using DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. RESULTS Over 14 years of follow-up after the birth of a child, three distinct alcohol consumption trajectories were identified (abstainer, low-stable. and moderate-escalating drinker). A maternal trajectory of moderate-escalating alcohol consumption independently predicted offspring's lifetime ever alcohol use disorder at 21 years after adjustment for a range of potential confounders. "Cross-gender influence" is observed in the study. CONCLUSIONS A maternal life course pattern of alcohol consumption may have an independent effect on offspring alcohol consumption, with male offspring being more vulnerable to the effects of maternal alcohol use than are female offspring. Programs intended to address alcohol consumption by adolescents and young adults need to focus on the behaviors of both parents but acknowledging that maternal patterns of alcohol consumption may be particularly important for male offspring.
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- Nam T Tran
- a ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Life Course Centre), Institute for Social Science Research , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia.,b Department of Sociology , Academy of Journalism and Communication , Hanoi , Vietnam
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- c School of Pharmacy , University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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- d School of Population Health , University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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- a ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Life Course Centre), Institute for Social Science Research , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia.,d School of Population Health , University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia.,e Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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Bireda AD, Pillay J. Perceived parental involvement and well-being among Ethiopian adolescents. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2017.1321852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- South African Research Chair: Education and Care in Childhood, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Tran NT, Clavarino A, Williams G, Najman JM. Gender differences in the prospective association between maternal alcohol consumption trajectories and young adult offspring's problem gambling at 30 years. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 6:2. [PMID: 27630809 PMCID: PMC4998162 DOI: 10.1186/s40405-016-0010-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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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- Nam T Tran
- School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia ; Department of Sociology, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia ; School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia ; Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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Family factors have been widely implicated in the development of adolescent drinking behaviors. These include parental attachment and parental rules concerning drinking behaviors. Moreover, throughout adolescence attachment to parents gives way to attachment to peers, and parental rules about alcohol use become less strict. The present study examined the relationship between parental and peer attachment, parental rules on drinking and alcohol use in a large sample (n = 1,724) of adolescents in the United Kingdom. Controlling for school grade (proxy for age), sex and the non-independence of respondents (clustering at school level) results showed that scores on a parental rules on drinking questionnaire were a significant statistical predictor when comparing moderate drinkers and abstainers, as well as moderate drinkers and problematic drinkers. Scores on both attachment scales were also significant, but only in the comparison between moderate and problematic drinkers, with lower attachment to parents and higher attachment to peers associated with problematic drinking.
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Bendtsen P, Damsgaard MT, Huckle T, Casswell S, Kuntsche E, Arnold P, de Looze ME, Hofmann F, Hublet A, Simons-Morton B, ter Bogt T, Holstein BE. Adolescent alcohol use: a reflection of national drinking patterns and policy? Addiction 2014; 109:1857-68. [PMID: 25041190 PMCID: PMC4192016 DOI: 10.1111/add.12681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS To analyse how adolescent drunkenness and frequency of drinking were associated with adult drinking patterns and alcohol control policies. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional survey data on 13- and 15-year-olds in 37 countries who participated in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study in 2010 (n = 144 788) were linked to national-level indicators on alcohol control policies and adult drinking patterns. MEASUREMENTS Outcome measures were self-reported weekly drinking and life-time drunkenness (drunk once or more). Data were analysed using multi-level logistic regression models. FINDINGS In the mutually adjusted models, adolescent drunkenness was associated significantly with high adult alcohol consumption [odds ratio (OR) = 3.15 among boys, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.13-4.64, OR girls = 2.44, CI = 1.57-3.80] and risky drinking patterns in the adult population (OR boys = 2.02, CI = 1.33-3.05, OR girls = 1.61, CI = 1.18-2.18). The level of abstainers in the adult population was also associated significantly with girls' drunkenness; a 10% increase in the number of abstainers in a country reduced the odds of drunkenness with 21% (OR = 0.79, CI = 0.68-0.90). Weekly drinking was associated significantly with weak restrictions on availability (OR boys = 2.82, CI = 1.74-4.54, OR girls = 2.00, CI = 1.15-3.46) and advertising (OR boys = 1.56, CI = 1.02-2.40, OR girls = 1.79, CI = 1.10-2.94). CONCLUSIONS Comparing data cross-nationally, high levels of adult alcohol consumption and limited alcohol control policies are associated with high levels of alcohol use among adolescents.
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- Pernille Bendtsen
- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Research Department, Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems (SIPA), Lausanne, Switzerland,Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherland
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- National Institute of Child Health, Department of Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, Rockville, MD, USA,Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Brooks-Russell A, Simons-Morton B, Haynie D, Farhat T, Wang J. Longitudinal relationship between drinking with peers, descriptive norms, and adolescent alcohol use. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2014; 15:497-505. [PMID: 23564529 PMCID: PMC4160800 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-013-0391-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Descriptive norms are consistently found to predict adolescent alcohol use but less is known about the factors that predict descriptive norms. The objective of this study is to test if drinking with peers predicts later alcohol consumption and if this relationship is mediated by a change in the descriptive norms of peer alcohol use. Data are from a nationally representative cohort of high school students surveyed in the 10th and 11th grade (N = 2,162). Structural equation modeling was used to test a mediation model of the relationship between drinking with peers (T1) on later alcohol use (T2) and mediation of the relationship by descriptive norms (T2). Descriptive norms significantly mediated the relationship between drinking with peers and alcohol use for both males and females with a somewhat larger effect for males compared to females. These results support a continued focus on the development and evaluation of interventions to alter descriptive norms of alcohol use.
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- Ashley Brooks-Russell
- Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd Room 7B13, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510, USA,
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Baheiraei A, Soltani F, Ebadi A, Cheraghi MA, Rahimi Foroushani A. Family and peer risk factors as predictors of lifetime tobacco use among Iranian adolescents: gender similarities and differences. Glob J Health Sci 2014; 6:63-75. [PMID: 24999129 PMCID: PMC4825243 DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n4p63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction: Family and peer risk factors are considered as important predictors of tobacco use in adolescents. Furthermore, information regarding gender differences in lifetime tobacco use of adolescents is essential for designing gender-specific tobacco prevention policies. Methods: In a cross-sectional population-based study, 870 Iranian adolescents (430 boys and 436 girls) aged 15-18 years old, filled out the adopted form of “Communities That Care Youth Survey”. Four family and two peer risk factors were entered in adjusted logistic regression analyses to predict the lifetime tobacco use (cigarette and smokeless tobacco) in boys and girls, separately. Results: Boys reported higher prevalence of lifetime cigarettes use compared to girls (22.8% vs. 17.8%, p = 0.04). However, the prevalence of lifetime smokeless tobacco use in girls was the same as boys, even slightly higher (7.9% vs. 7.1%, P=0.5). “Family history of drug use” and “Friends use of drugs” were common risk factors predicting cigarettes and smokeless tobacco use between both genders. On the other hand, other family risk factors included “Poor family management”, “Parental attitude favorable toward drug use” and “Family conflict” were the predictors of lifetime tobacco use only in girls, but not in boys. Conclusion: Design and implementation of preventative programs for adolescents tobacco use should be conducted with emphasis on the role of smoker parents at home, and friendship with substance user peers with antisocial behaviors. It seems that family risk factors may have more value in prevention of tobacco use in female adolescents.
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de Oliveira Benites AP, Schneider DR. Alcohol consumption by female teenagers: the family as a risk and a protection factor. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2014.903607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yule AM, Wilens TE, Martelon MK, Simon A, Biederman J. Does exposure to parental substance use disorders increase substance use disorder risk in offspring? A 5-year follow-up study. Am J Addict 2013; 22:460-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Amy M. Yule
- Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
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Foshee VA, Benefield TS, Reyes HLM, Ennett ST, Faris R, Chang LY, Hussong A, Suchindran CM. The peer context and the development of the perpetration of adolescent dating violence. J Youth Adolesc 2013; 42:471-86. [PMID: 23381777 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9915-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The peer context is a central focus in research on adolescent risk behaviors but few studies have investigated the role of the peer context in the perpetration of adolescent dating violence. This longitudinal study examined between-subjects and within-person contemporaneous and lagged effects of peer attributes, measured with social network analyses, on trajectories of dating violence perpetration and determined if effects varied by grade and/or sex of the adolescent. Data are from adolescents who participated in a five-wave panel study beginning when they were in 7 through 9th grade and ending when they were in 10 through 12th grade (n = 3,412); half were male, 40.5 % were white, 49.9 % were black and 10.4 % were of another race/ethnicity. Significant between-subjects effects indicate that adolescents who typically have friends who use dating violence, and girls who are typically high in social status, are at increased risk for using dating violence throughout adolescence. Adolescents who typically have high quality friendships and girls who typically have friends with pro-social beliefs are at decreased risk for using dating violence throughout adolescence. Significant within-person contemporaneous effects indicate that both boys and girls reported lower levels of dating violence than usual at times when they had more friends with pro-social beliefs, and reported higher levels of dating violence than usual at times when they had higher social status. None of the lagged effects were significant and none of the effects varied across grade. These findings suggest that the peer context plays an important role in the development of the perpetration of adolescent dating violence.
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- Vangie A Foshee
- Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, USA.
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Bekman NM, Cummins K, Brown SA. The Influence of Alcohol-Related Cognitions on Personality-Based Risk for Alcohol Use During Adolescence. JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/1067828x.2011.598844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kelly AB, O’Flaherty M, Toumbourou JW, Connor JP, Hemphill SA, Catalano RF. Gender differences in the impact of families on alcohol use: a lagged longitudinal study of early adolescents. Addiction 2011; 106:1427-36. [PMID: 21438936 PMCID: PMC3135699 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03435.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS From the pre-teen to the mid-teen years, rates of alcohol use and misuse increase rapidly. Cross-sectional research shows that positive family emotional climate (low conflict, high closeness) is protective, and there is emerging evidence that these protective mechanisms are different for girls versus boys. The aim of this study was to explore gender differences in the longitudinal impact of family emotional climate on adolescent alcohol use and exposure to peer drinking networks. DESIGN Three-wave two-level (individual, within-individual over time) ordinal logistic regression with alcohol use in the past year as the dependent measure and family variables lagged by 1 year. SETTING Adolescents completed surveys during school hours. PARTICIPANTS A total of 855 Australian students (modal age 10-11 years at baseline) participating in the International Youth Development Study (Victoria, Australia). MEASUREMENTS These included emotional closeness to mother/father, family conflict, parent disapproval of alcohol use and peer alcohol use. FINDINGS For girls, the effect of emotional closeness to mothers on alcohol use was mediated by exposure to high-risk peer networks. Parent disapproval of alcohol use was protective for both genders, but this effect was larger for boys versus girls, and there was no evidence that peer use mediated this effect. Peer drinking networks showed stronger direct risk effects than family variables. CONCLUSIONS Family factors unidirectionally impact on growth in adolescent alcohol use and effects vary with child gender.
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- Adrian B. Kelly
- Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
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- Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne
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- Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Discipline of Psychiatry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
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Cordova D, Huang S, Arzon M, Freitas D, Malcolm S, Prado G. The Role of Attitudes, Family, Peer and School on Alcohol Use, Rule Breaking and Aggressive Behavior in Hispanic Delinquent Adolescents. THE OPEN FAMILY STUDIES JOURNAL 2011; 4:38-45. [PMID: 22473467 PMCID: PMC3250085 DOI: 10.2174/1874922401104010038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine ecodevelopmental risk factors associated with alcohol uses, rule breaking and aggressive behaviors among Hispanic delinquent adolescents. Specifically, this study tests the effect of attitudes, family, peer, and school bonding on alcohol use, rule breaking and aggressive behaviors in Hispanic delinquent youth. METHODS: A sample of 235 heterogeneous Hispanic delinquent adolescents was recruited through referrals from the Miami-Dade County's Department of Juvenile Services and from the Miami-Dade County Public School system. Logistic regression methods were utilized to examine the independent effect of each risk factor (attitudes, family, peer, school) and to determine the extent to which these factors are associated with alcohol use, rule breaking and aggressive behaviors. RESULTS: Family functioning was inversely and significantly related to past 90-day alcohol use in univariate regression (β = -.24, p = .035) but was not significant in multiple regression (β = -0.09, p = .556). Peer alcohol use (β = 2.02, p<0.001) and poor alcohol attitudes (β =0.59, p=0.006) were positively and significantly related to past 90-day alcohol use in the final model. Poor alcohol attitudes, family functioning, peer alcohol use, and school bonding were all significantly related to both rule breaking and aggressive behaviors in the final model. CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the importance of identifying risk factors at multiple levels to prevent/reduce alcohol use, rule breaking and aggressive behaviors among Hispanic delinquent youth.
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- David Cordova
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 Northwest, 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 Northwest, 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 Northwest, 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 Northwest, 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 Northwest, 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 Northwest, 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Danielsson AK, Romelsjö A, Tengström A. Heavy episodic drinking in early adolescence: gender-specific risk and protective factors. Subst Use Misuse 2011; 46:633-43. [PMID: 20964532 DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.528120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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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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- Anna-Karin Danielsson
- Department for Social Medicine, Institution for Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Okulicz-Kozaryn K. Gender and family differences in adolescent's heavy alcohol use: the power-control theory perspective. HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH 2010; 25:780-791. [PMID: 20513655 PMCID: PMC2936555 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyq032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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According to the power-control theory, growing independence of adolescent girls, manifest in more prevalent problem behaviors, may be explained by changes in family structure (increasing level of authority gained in the workplace by mothers). To verify this hypothesis, self-report data from Warsaw adolescents (N = 3087, age 14-15 years, 50% boys) were used. Results indicate that parenting practices differ across child gender and structure of parents' work authority. Girls, especially in patriarchal households, spend more time with mothers and perceive stronger maternal control. In egalitarian families, fathers tend to be more involved with sons than with daughters. When parental control, support and adolescents' risk preferences are controlled, the gender-by-household type interaction effect is observed--girls in patriarchal families have the lowest risk of getting drunk. Study results provide support for power-control theory showing the relationship between parental work authority and adolescent's heavy alcohol use.
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- K Okulicz-Kozaryn
- Department of Psychology and Mental Heath Promotion, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
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Corte C, Rongmuang D, Farchaus Stein K. Nursing knowledge about alcohol use and alcohol problems in women: a review of the literature. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2010; 16:252-61. [PMID: 21659277 PMCID: PMC5002222 DOI: 10.1177/1078390310378042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this article, the authors review the nursing empirical literature on alcohol and women's health published over the past 5 years (2005-2010). A total of 36 data-based articles authored by nurse investigators met eligibility criteria and were included in this review. Most were single studies by individual nurse investigators; few studies reflected ongoing programs of research related to alcohol and women's health. Studies were categorized into four main groups, including (a) determinants of alcohol use and alcohol problems; (b) patterns of use, assessment of alcohol use, and comorbidity; (c) consequences of alcohol use; and (d) the effects of treatment or specific interventions and the contributions of nursing research to the knowledge base of each group are summarized. The authors then propose a research agenda for nursing that addresses the most pressing issues related to alcohol use and alcohol problems in women.
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- Colleen Corte
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA,
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Parent-child communication and substance use among adolescents: do father and mother communication play a different role for sons and daughters? Addict Behav 2010; 35:426-31. [PMID: 20060651 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 12/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate gender-specific variations in the associations between communication with father and mother, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and marijuana use in male and female adolescents. Cross-sectional data were collected from a national sample of 1308 tenth graders who participated in the 2005/06 U.S. HBSC. Outcome variables were self-reported substances used in the past 30 days. Logistic regression analyses controlling for race/ethnicity, family structure and socioeconomic status showed that the association of mother and father communication with adolescent substance use varied by substance and gender. Among sons, father communication was protective against marijuana use and mother communication was protective against smoking. Neither father nor mother communication was protective against substance use by daughters. Research is needed to understand gender-specific differences in correlates of adolescent substance use and the implications for prevention and intervention.
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Fang L, Schinke SP, Cole KC. Underage drinking among young adolescent girls: the role of family processes. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 2010; 23:708-14. [PMID: 20025378 DOI: 10.1037/a0016681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Guided by family interaction theory, this study examined the influences of psychological, peer, and familial processes on alcohol use among young adolescent girls and assessed the contributions of familial factors. An ethnically diverse sample of 1,187 pairs of girls (M age = 12.83 years), and their mothers completed surveys online. Questionnaires assessed girls' lifetime and recent alcohol use, as well as girls' demographic, psychological, peer, and family characteristics. Hierarchical logistic regression models showed that although girls' drinking was associated with a number of psychological and peer factors, the contributions of family domain variables to girls' drinking were above and beyond that of psychological and peer factors. The interaction analyses further highlighted that having family rules, high family involvement, and greater family communication may offset risks in psychological and peer domains. Study findings underscore the multifaceted etiology of drinking among young adolescent girls and assert the crucial roles of familial processes. Prevention programs should be integrative, target processes at multiple domains, and include work with parents.
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- Lin Fang
- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Mays D, Thompson N, Kushner HI, Mays DF, Farmer D, Windle M. Sports-specific factors, perceived peer drinking, and alcohol-related behaviors among adolescents participating in school-based sports in Southwest Georgia. Addict Behav 2010; 35:235-41. [PMID: 19926403 PMCID: PMC4015064 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2009] [Revised: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study investigated the relationships among sports-specific factors, perceived peer drinking, and alcohol-related behaviors among adolescents, examining sex differences in the relationship between perceived peer drinking and alcohol-related behaviors. A questionnaire assessing demographics, sports-specific factors, perceived peer drinking, and alcohol-related behaviors was administered among 378 adolescents who were mostly male (76.3%) and non-Hispanic black (70.0%). Varsity sports participants reported higher levels of perceived peer drinking compared to those who participated in sports at other levels (B 0.64, 95% CI 0.28, 0.99, p<0.001). Participants in both sports offering team- and individual-level competition reported greater perceived peer drinking (B 0.71, 95% CI 0.05, 1.38, p=0.04), compared to those who only participated in individual sports. Perceived peer drinking was associated with alcohol-related behaviors (B 0.39, 95% CI 0.31, 0.47, p<0.001) and there were no significant differences between males and females in this relationship. Suggestions for future research include examining factors contributing to the low prevalence of drinking behaviors, and investigating factors related to sports that impact perceived peer drinking and alcohol-related behaviors.
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- Darren Mays
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Dick DM, Bernard M, Aliev F, Viken R, Pulkkinen L, Kaprio J, Rose RJ. The role of socioregional factors in moderating genetic influences on early adolescent behavior problems and alcohol use. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009; 33:1739-48. [PMID: 19624574 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Twin and family studies have demonstrated that adolescent alcohol use and behavior problems are influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. More recently, studies have begun to investigate how genetic and environmental influences may interact, with efforts underway to identify specific environmental variables that moderate the expression of genetic predispositions. Previously, we have reported that community-level factors, including urban/rural residency, migration rates, and prevalence of young adults, moderate the importance of genetic effects on alcohol use in late adolescence (ages 16 to 18). Here, we extend these findings to test for moderating effects of these socioregional factors on alcohol use and behavior problems assessed in a younger sample of adolescent Finnish twins. METHODS Using data from the population-based Finnish twin study, FinnTwin12, biometric twin models were fit to data on >1,400 twin pairs to examine the significance of each of the socioregional moderating variables on alcohol use measured at age 14, and behavior problems, measured at age 12. RESULTS We find no evidence of a moderating role of these socioregional variables on alcohol use; however, there was significant moderation of genetic influences on behavior problems, with effects limited to girls. Genetic influences assumed greater importance in urban settings, communities with greater migration, and communities with a higher percentage of slightly older adolescents. CONCLUSIONS The moderation effects observed on behavior problems in early adolescence paralleled the effects found on alcohol use late in adolescence in an independent sample, providing further support for the idea that behavior problems may represent an earlier manifestation of the predisposition to subsequent alcohol problems. Our findings also support the growing body of evidence suggesting that females may be more susceptible to a variety of environmental influences than males.
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- Danielle M Dick
- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0126, USA.
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Mason WA, Kosterman R, Haggerty KP, Hawkins JD, Redmond C, Spoth RL, Shin C. Gender moderation and social developmental mediation of the effect of a family-focused substance use preventive intervention on young adult alcohol abuse. Addict Behav 2009; 34:599-605. [PMID: 19398279 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/25/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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This study examined the long-term impact of Preparing for the Drug Free Years (PDFY) on young adult alcohol abuse disorder, addressing theory-based questions about how, and for whom, the program had its effects on the outcomes. Participants were 429 families of 6th graders enrolled in 33 rural schools located in the Midwestern United States. Schools were randomly assigned to conditions. Target adolescents (52% female) were interviewed periodically from age 11 to age 22; throughout adolescence, information was collected also from the youths' parents. Moderation and mediation analyses were conducted using regression analysis and structural equation modeling with covariates measured at baseline (age 11), mediators measured at posttest (age 12), and the outcome measured at the young adult follow-up (age 22). Results showed that PDFY reduced the rate of alcohol abuse among target young women, with evidence that this effect was mediated by increased prosocial skills. The rate of alcohol abuse among PDFY group men was not significantly different from that of control group men. Findings have implications for reducing the public health burden of alcohol abuse among young women.
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Bègue L, Roché S. Multidimensional social control variables as predictors of drunkenness among French adolescents. J Adolesc 2009; 32:171-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Revised: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 04/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mouttapa M, Weiss JW, Hermann M. Is image everything? The role of self-image in the relationship between family functioning and substance use among Hispanic adolescents. Subst Use Misuse 2009; 44:702-21. [PMID: 19308865 DOI: 10.1080/10826080802486830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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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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- Michele Mouttapa
- California State University-Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834, USA.
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Van Havere T, Vanderplasschen W, Broekaert E, De Bourdeaudhui I. The influence of age and gender on party drug use among young adults attending dance events, clubs, and rock festivals in Belgium. Subst Use Misuse 2009; 44:1899-915. [PMID: 20001287 DOI: 10.3109/10826080902961393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A random sample of visitors of dance events, clubs, and rock festivals in Belgium (Flanders) was selected to complete an anonymous survey regarding their use of "party" drugs (alcohol, cannabis, xtc, cocaine, and amphetamines) and patterns of going out. The results of 670 respondents recruited in 2005 are reported and compared with 2003 for gender and age. Drug use in these nightlife settings is higher than in the general population. In younger age groups, the illegal drug use increases, but it decreases in older age groups. This might be linked to more responsibilities. Men still use drugs more often than women, but the gender differences seem to decrease. The changing role of women in society could be an explanation for this evolution. Limitations and implications of this research are discussed.
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- Tina Van Havere
- Vereniging voor Alcohol- en andere Drugproblemen (Association for Alcohol and Other Drug problems), Brussels, Belgium.
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Maldonado AM, Finkbeiner LM, Kirstein CL. Social interaction and partner familiarity differentially alter voluntary ethanol intake in adolescent male and female rats. Alcohol 2008; 42:641-8. [PMID: 18922665 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2007] [Revised: 08/11/2008] [Accepted: 08/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Alcohol readily facilitates social interactions and this effect plays an important role in adolescent drinking behaviors. The ability of social interaction to alter behaviors in response to alcohol in adolescent animals has been assessed using the demonstrator-observer paradigm. The demonstrator is exposed to ethanol and the observer is tested for changes in behaviors in response to ethanol after social interaction between the dyad. The present experiment expanded on previous work to investigate the effects of different types of social interaction on subsequent voluntary ethanol consumption in adolescent male and female rats. Specifically, voluntary ethanol intake was assessed in adolescent observers after social interaction with an alcohol-free or -intoxicated same-sex familiar cage-mate or an age-matched unfamiliar conspecific. Demonstrators were intragastrically administered water or 1.5 g/kg ethanol and allowed to socially interact with observers for 30 min after a 1-h social isolation period. Subsequently, observers were allowed voluntary access to ethanol using a two-bottle choice paradigm overnight for 13 h. Male and female observers that interacted with an alcohol-intoxicated familiar cagemate consumed significantly more ethanol relative to their alcohol-free counterparts. However, adolescent male observers that socially interacted with an alcohol-intoxicated, age-matched unfamiliar conspecific consumed significantly less ethanol than controls. The opposite effect was observed in adolescent female observers. The present results are consistent and extend previous work in support of the idea that exposure to the demonstrator-observer paradigm alters voluntary ethanol intake in a sex- and familiarity-dependent manner. Partner familiarity can induce elevated or reduced ethanol consumption in males. However, females appear to be more sensitive to the elevating effects of social interaction on voluntary ethanol consumption, regardless of familiarity of the partner.
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Dick DM, Pagan JL, Holliday C, Viken R, Pulkkinen L, Kaprio J, Rose RJ. Gender differences in friends' influences on adolescent drinking: a genetic epidemiological study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 31:2012-9. [PMID: 17949469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND We use data from a population-based twin study to examine the association between characteristics of the friendship group and adolescents' own alcohol use at age 14, with focus on gender differences, both with respect to the adolescent's own gender and the gender composition of his/her friendship group. METHODS (1) We conducted analyses on the full epidemiological sample of individuals to determine the magnitude of association between friendship characteristics and alcohol use, and to test for interaction with gender and gender of friends. (2) We used the twin structure of the dataset to study the extent to which similarity in drinking behaviors between adolescents and their friends was due to shared genetic and/or environmental pathways. RESULTS Friends' drinking, smoking, and delinquency were more strongly related to alcohol use in girls, compared to boys, and in adolescents with opposite-sex friends, compared to adolescents with only same-sex friends. Friends' alcohol use showed modest evidence of genetic influence in girls, suggesting peer selection; however, there was no evidence of genetic influence on friends' alcohol use in boys. The correlation between adolescent and friend drinking was largely attributable to shared environmental effects across genders. CONCLUSIONS Gender and gender of friends moderate the associations between friends' behavior and adolescents' alcohol use, with evidence that girls, and those with opposite-sex friends, may be more susceptible to friends' influence. Genetically informative analyses suggest that similarity in alcohol use between adolescents and their friends is mediated, at least partially, through environmental pathways.
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