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. 2017 Dec;61(6):736-742.
doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.06.025. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

The Association of Harsh Parenting, Parent-Child Communication, and Parental Alcohol Use With Male Alcohol Use Into Emerging Adulthood

Olivia N Diggs  1 , Tricia K Neppl  2 , Shinyoung Jeon  3 , Brenda J Lohman  2
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The Association of Harsh Parenting, Parent-Child Communication, and Parental Alcohol Use With Male Alcohol Use Into Emerging Adulthood

Olivia N Diggs et al. J Adolesc Health. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Purpose: This study investigates the association between mother and father harsh parenting, and parent-child communication, and parental alcohol use on males' alcohol use from early adolescence into emerging adulthood.

Methods: Data come from the Iowa Youth and Families Project, a prospective 28-year longitudinal study of rural Midwestern youth and their families. Mother and father harsh parenting, parent-child communication, and alcohol use were assessed at time 1 when males were in early adolescence (13 years old, n = 215). Target male alcohol use was assessed at time 2 during late adolescence (18 and 19 years old, n = 206, 96% follow-up rate), and at time 3 in emerging adulthood (23 and 25 years old, n = 197, 92% follow-up rate).

Results: Results obtained from structural equation modeling using Mplus, version 7, statistical software indicated that father harsh parenting in early adolescence was directly associated with alcohol use in emerging adulthood. Mother communication was negatively associated while father alcohol use was positively associated with adolescent alcohol use in late adolescence and emerging adulthood. Alcohol use in late adolescence was significantly related to alcohol use in emerging adulthood.

Conclusion: This study offers unique insights into how mother- and father-son dyads differ in communication and parenting styles, as well as how these associations influence adolescent male alcohol use continuing into emerging adulthood. Multiple informants utilized in the current study provide a more complex understanding of how each parent uniquely contributes to the role of their adolescent's alcohol use in late adolescence into emerging adulthood.

Keywords: Adolescent substance use; Communication; Emerging adulthood; Harsh parenting; Parental alcohol use.

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Structural Equation Modeling *p < .05, *p < .01, ***p < .001, Model fit: 2 =39.85 df =27, p=0.05, CFI =.95, RMSEA =.05
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