Not surprisingly, parental alcoholism was strongly associated with adolescent binge drinking. In the final model (Table 3), parental alcoholism was associated with a 1.43-fold (OR 95% CI: 1.30–1.53) increase in risk for subsequent offspring binge drinking in adolescence. In addition, using a nationally representative community sample, we found that childhood maltreatment is associated with adolescent binge drinking, controlling for parental alcoholism. This finding is consistent with prior research (e.g., Dube et al., 2002; Harter, 2000).
