Jinni Su1, Sally I-Chun Kuo1, Fazil Aliev2,3, Mignonne C Guy4, Chelsea L Derlan1, Howard J Edenberg5, John I Nurnberger6, John R Kramer7, Kathleen K Bucholz8, Jessica E Salvatore1,9, Danielle M Dick1,2. 1. Department of Psychology , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. 2. College Behavioral and Emotional Health Institute , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. 3. Faculty of Business , Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey. 4. Department of African American Studies , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. 5. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 6. Department of Psychiatry , Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 7. Department of Psychiatry , University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 8. Department of Psychiatry , Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. 9. Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Parental alcohol problems are associated with adverse adolescent outcomes such as risky drinking and conduct problems. Important questions remain about the unique roles of fathers' and mothers' alcohol problems and differences and/or similarities in pathways of risk across ethnicity and gender. In this study, we used a family systems approach to consider spillover and crossover effects of fathers' and mothers' alcohol problems (number of alcohol dependence symptoms [ADS]) and parenting behaviors in relation to adolescents' risky drinking and conduct problems. METHODS: The sample included 1,282 adolescents (aged 12 to 17) and their parents from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. Parents completed the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA), and adolescents completed an adolescent version of SSAGA. Data were analyzed using multivariate structural equation modeling. RESULTS: Fathers' ADS count was associated with higher adolescent risky drinking and conduct problems indirectly via disruption to fathers' and mothers' positive parenting behaviors, whereas mothers' ADS count was not associated with adolescents' risky drinking and conduct problems directly or indirectly via positive parenting behaviors. No differences in these associations were found across ethnic background and offspring gender. CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the importance of considering the unique roles of fathers' and mothers' ADS in influencing family processes and adolescent outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Parental alcohol problems are associated with adverse adolescent outcomes such as risky drinking and conduct problems. Important questions remain about the unique roles of fathers' and mothers' alcohol problems and differences and/or similarities in pathways of risk across ethnicity and gender. In this study, we used a family systems approach to consider spillover and crossover effects of fathers' and mothers' alcohol problems (number of alcohol dependence symptoms [ADS]) and parenting behaviors in relation to adolescents' risky drinking and conduct problems. METHODS: The sample included 1,282 adolescents (aged 12 to 17) and their parents from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. Parents completed the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA), and adolescents completed an adolescent version of SSAGA. Data were analyzed using multivariate structural equation modeling. RESULTS: Fathers' ADS count was associated with higher adolescent risky drinking and conduct problems indirectly via disruption to fathers' and mothers' positive parenting behaviors, whereas mothers' ADS count was not associated with adolescents' risky drinking and conduct problems directly or indirectly via positive parenting behaviors. No differences in these associations were found across ethnic background and offspring gender. CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the importance of considering the unique roles of fathers' and mothers' ADS in influencing family processes and adolescent outcomes.
Authors: Jacob Kraemer Tebes; Emily C Cook; Jeffrey J Vanderploeg; Richard Feinn; Matthew J Chinman; Jane K Shepard; Tamika Brabham; Christian M Connell Journal: J Child Fam Stud Date: 2011-08-01
Authors: Francis Vergunst; Nicholas Chadi; Massimiliano Orri; Camille Brousseau-Paradis; Natalie Castellanos-Ryan; Jean R Séguin; Frank Vitaro; Daniel Nagin; Richard E Tremblay; Sylvana M Côté Journal: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2021-05-31 Impact factor: 4.785