Reducing youth alcohol drinking through a parent-targeted intervention: the Örebro Prevention ProgramAddictionVolume 103 Issue 10, Pages 1629 - 1637
To evaluate a 2.5-year prevention programme working through parents, targeting drinking among 13–16-year-olds.
Parents received information by mail and during parent meetings in schools urging them to: (i) maintain strict attitudes against youth alcohol use and (ii) encourage their youth's involvement in adult-led, organized activities.
The implementation successfully influenced parents' attitudes against underage drinking, but not youth participation in organized activities. At post-test, youths in the intervention group reported less drunkenness and delinquency. Effect sizes were 0.35 for drunkenness and 0.38 for delinquency. Findings were similar for boys and girls and for early starters. Effects were not moderated by community type.
Working via parents proved to be an effective way to reduce underage drinking as well as delinquency.
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