Alcohol Use and Related Behaviors Among Late-Adolescent Urban Youths: Peer and Parent Influences

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Schwinn, Traci M. Schinke, Steven P.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Peer and parent influences on alcohol use and related risky behaviors were examined in a sample of late-adolescent (M = 17.3 years; SD = 1.11 years) urban youths. Participants (N = 400) completed an online measure assessing peer influences of alcohol use and alcohol offers and also parental influences of rules against alcohol use and perceived levels of emotional family support, relative to youths' alcohol use, binge drinking, alcohol-related consequences, and intentions to drink. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that increased peer alcohol use and alcohol offers were associated with youths' increased drinking, binge drinking, alcohol-related consequences, and intentions to drink. Controlling for peer influences, parental rules against alcohol use were associated with decreased drinking, binge drinking, and intentions to drink; increased levels of family support were associated with decreased alcohol-related consequences and intentions to drink. These findings suggest that parental influences, albeit small relative to peer influences, are associated with fewer instances of monthly alcohol use and related risky behaviors among late-adolescent urban youths.
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167796/pdf
Ending Page	64
Page Count	7
Starting Page	58
ISSN	1067828X
e-ISSN	15470652
DOI	10.1080/1067828x.2012.735561
Journal	Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2014-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Substance Abuse Alcohol Parents Influences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Social Psychology