Chunk #6 — The role of romantic relationship status in pathways of risk for emerging adult alcohol use — Parental Alcohol Problems, Romantic Relationship Status, and Alcohol Use
(i.e., sexual interactions outside of a committed relationship; Epstein, Calzo, Smiler, & Ward, 2009) (Fielder, Walsh, Carey, & Carey, 2013). In short, emerging adults with a parental history of alcohol use disorder appear to have mixed feelings and behaviors toward exclusive romantic relationships. This ambivalence and their tendency to avoid intimacy may manifest in emerging adulthood as a higher likelihood of participating in multiple non-exclusive romantic relationships.
