Do young people with parental alcohol problems have different drinking patterns? That’s compared to those without parental alcohol problems.

Study: Parental Alcohol Problems and Childrens’ Drinking

Research in Denmark studied this question. It used data from the Danish National Youth Study. This is a national survey of 75,025 high school and vocational school students. They were 15-25 years old.

These were the main predictor variables.

• • Perceived parental alcohol problems.
  • Living with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Severity of the parents’ alcohol problems.

And these were the outcome variables.

• • Non-drinking.
  • Weekly alcohol consumption.
  • Frequent binge drinking.
  • Early age of intoxication.

The Findings

The researchers found that young people with perceived parental alcohol problems have an earlier age of intoxication. They also so-called binge drink more often. And they drink higher quantities per week. That’s compared to young people without perceived parental alcohol problems.

Resources

Books

• • Brouwer, T. Parents with Substance Use Disorders.
  • Forrester, D., et al. Parental Substance Abuse.
  • Higgins, P. and Zawacki, G. Helping Children Cope with Parental Alcoholism. (Juv fict)
  • Hunkins, L. Just One Step. A Drama about Children Who Live with Parental Alcoholism.
  • McMahon, R. and DeV Peters, R. The Effects of Parental Dysfunction on Children.
  • Miller, L., et al.  A Child’s View of Parental Alcoholism.
  • Porterfield, K. Coping with an Alcoholic Parent. (Juv)
  • Renetzky, A., et al. Coping with a Parent Who Drinks or Abuses Drugs.
  • Velleman, R. and Orford, J. Adults Who were the Children of Problem Drinkers.

Source

• • Pisinger V., et al. Perceived parental alcohol problems and drinking patterns in youth. Prev Med, S0091-7435(17), 30003-8.

Note

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