Joris Van Damme1, Lea Maes2, Emmanuel Kuntsche3, Rik Crutzen4, Bart De Clercq5, Wendy Van Lippevelde6, Anne Hublet7. 1. Unit Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, K3, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: joris.vandamme@ugent.be. 2. Unit Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, K3, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: lea.maes@ugent.be. 3. Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104 NL , 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Addiction Switzerland, Research Institute, PO Box 870, Av. Ruchonnet 14, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: ekuntsche@suchtschweiz.ch. 4. School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: rik.crutzen@maastrichtuniversity.nl. 5. Unit Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, K3, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: B.DeClercq@UGent.be. 6. Unit Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, K3, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: wendy.vanlippevelde@ugent.be. 7. Unit Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, K3, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: anne.hublet@ugent.be.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The influence of parental drinking on offspring's drinking is well-documented. However, longitudinal evidence on the mediating role of drinking motives in this relationship is lacking. This study longitudinally investigates the mediating role of drinking motives in the relationship between parental and offspring's drinking. METHODS: Using a prospective design, 587 Flemish children (response 30.0%) were followed for 9 years. Parental drinking was documented during the offspring's late childhood (10 and 11 years old) through paper-and-pencil questionnaires distributed by schools. The offspring's drinking habits and -motives were documented in early adulthood (18 and 19 year old) through a web-based questionnaire; invitations were sent by letter. Motives were measured using the Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised Short-form, and mediation analyses were conducted with the product of coefficient test using bootstrapping. RESULTS: Half the offspring were female (53.8%) and the mean age was 19.35 (SD = 0.52) years. A significant direct effect of maternal drinking during childhood on offspring drinking nine years later was found (β = 0.091, t = 2.071, p = 0.039). However, the association turned non-significant after stratifying the model for boys and girls. No direct effect was found for paternal drinking on offspring's drinking. Nevertheless, paternal drinking indirectly affected offspring's drinking through offspring's enhancement motives (β = 0.041, 95%CI[0.004, 0.082]) and maternal drinking indirectly affected male offspring's drinking through offspring's social motives (β = 0.067, 95%CI[0.007, 0.148]). CONCLUSION: These results show that parental drinking during late childhood relates to a high level of those drinking motives among young adults that are known risk factors for heavy drinking in early adulthood.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The influence of parental drinking on offspring's drinking is well-documented. However, longitudinal evidence on the mediating role of drinking motives in this relationship is lacking. This study longitudinally investigates the mediating role of drinking motives in the relationship between parental and offspring's drinking. METHODS: Using a prospective design, 587 Flemish children (response 30.0%) were followed for 9 years. Parental drinking was documented during the offspring's late childhood (10 and 11 years old) through paper-and-pencil questionnaires distributed by schools. The offspring's drinking habits and -motives were documented in early adulthood (18 and 19 year old) through a web-based questionnaire; invitations were sent by letter. Motives were measured using the Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised Short-form, and mediation analyses were conducted with the product of coefficient test using bootstrapping. RESULTS: Half the offspring were female (53.8%) and the mean age was 19.35 (SD = 0.52) years. A significant direct effect of maternal drinking during childhood on offspring drinking nine years later was found (β = 0.091, t = 2.071, p = 0.039). However, the association turned non-significant after stratifying the model for boys and girls. No direct effect was found for paternal drinking on offspring's drinking. Nevertheless, paternal drinking indirectly affected offspring's drinking through offspring's enhancement motives (β = 0.041, 95%CI[0.004, 0.082]) and maternal drinking indirectly affected male offspring's drinking through offspring's social motives (β = 0.067, 95%CI[0.007, 0.148]). CONCLUSION: These results show that parental drinking during late childhood relates to a high level of those drinking motives among young adults that are known risk factors for heavy drinking in early adulthood.
Authors: Yanhui Li; Zhaogeng Yang; Xijie Wang; Di Gao; Zhiyong Zou; Bin Dong; Jun Ma; Luke Arnold Journal: Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) Date: 2020-12-14 Impact factor: 5.555