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Adolescents' Frequency of Alcohol Use and Problems from Alcohol Abuse: Integrating Dating Partners with Parent and Peer Influences
- Source :
- J Youth Adolesc
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Despite the centrality of dating relationships for teens, it is unclear whether the influence of romantic partners’ alcohol use on adolescents’ under-age drinking is distinct from the influence of peers and parents. To address this gap, this study used longitudinal data from a population-based sample of 825 adolescents (49% male, 51% female), ages 12 to 19. Adolescents completed a survey using laptops for privacy, and a parent completed a survey separately. Ordinary least squares and logistic regression models assessed alcohol use frequency and alcohol problems and included dating partners’ drinking, adolescents’ prior drinking, peers’ drinking, parents’ substance use, parental monitoring, and sociodemographic background characteristics. Alcohol use frequency and alcohol problems were influenced by dating partners’ alcohol use and dating partners’ influence was stronger on older adolescents and male adolescents. The study results are useful for public health messaging and prevention efforts by demonstrating the influence of parents, peers, and dating partners on teens’ alcohol use.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Parents
medicine.medical_specialty
Social Psychology
Adolescent
Population
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol
Underage Drinking
Logistic regression
Peer Group
Article
Education
chemistry.chemical_compound
Young Adult
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Peer Influence
education
Child
education.field_of_study
Public health
medicine.disease
Health psychology
Alcoholism
chemistry
Romantic partners
Female
Substance use
Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15736601
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of youth and adolescence
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7308f5ab03439fe1f1e291478036ddc2