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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Socioeconomic Differences in Alcohol-Specific Parenting Practices and Adolescents' Drinking Patterns
European Addiction Research 2008;14:26-37


The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent alcohol-specific parenting practices relate to adolescents' alcohol use, binge drinking, and alcohol-related problems, and whether these associations are moderated by socioeconomic status (SES), i.e. parents' education level and family income.

The results show that applying strict rules about alcohol use and having qualitative good conversations about drinking alcohol seem to prevent adolescents from heavy drinking patterns, whereas parental alcohol use seems to promote adolescents' drinking.

A positive association was found between frequency of alcohol communication and availability of alcohol at home on the one hand and adolescents' drinking on the other.

Some moderating effects of SES were found.


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