Associations between parental drinking and alcohol use among their adolescent children: Findings from a national survey of U.S. parent-child dyads

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• Alternative Title:
  J Adolesc Health
• Personal Author:
  Bohm, Michele K. ; Esser, Marissa B.
• Description:
  Purpose:
  
  Underage drinking is common and costly. This study examined associations between parent and child drinking using recent U.S. national survey data.
  
  Method:
  
  We analyzed responses of 740 parent-child dyads from 2020 SummerStyles and YouthStyles surveys. Parents and their adolescent children answered questions about past 30-day alcohol use. We estimated prevalence of adolescent drinking and explored differences by sociodemographics. A multivariable logistic regression model assessed whether parents’ drinking behaviors were associated with drinking among their children.
  
  Results:
  
  Overall, 6.6% of adolescents drank alcohol, with no significant differences by sociodemographics. Adolescents whose parents drank frequently (≥5 days/month), or binge drank, had significantly higher odds of drinking than adolescents whose parents did not drink or did not binge drink, respectively.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Parents could drink less to reduce the likelihood of drinking among their children. Implementation of effective population-level strategies (e.g., increasing alcohol taxes, regulating alcohol sales) can reduce excessive drinking among both adults and adolescents.
  
  Implications and Contributions:
  
  This study analyzed parent-child dyad data from a recent U.S. national survey. Parent binge drinking or drinking more than weekly, on average, were associated with alcohol use among their children. Parents could drink less to reduce alcohol-related harms among adolescents. Population-level strategies can complement other underage drinking prevention efforts.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Binge Drinking Humans Logistic Models Parent-Child Relations Parents Surveys And Questionnaires Underage Drinking United States
• Keywords:
  Alcohol Binge Drinking Parents Underage Drinking Youth YouthStyles
• Source:
  J Adolesc Health. 73(5):961-964
• Pubmed ID:
  37715766
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10592189
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  73
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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