et al., 2004). Indeed, an authoritarian parenting style characterized by low acceptance and high control was associated with lower increase in heavy episodic drinking over time for AA adolescents but not for EA adolescents (Clark et al., 2015). Deutsch and colleagues found that maternal support was more strongly associated with lower delinquent behaviors among EA adolescents than for AA adolescents (Deutsch et al., 2012). Other studies found no ethnic differences in the associations between parental problem drinking, parenting, and adolescent drinking and related outcomes (Shorey et al., 2013; Skinner et al., 2011). There is a clear need for more research to examine potential differences in pathways of risk/protection to alcohol use and related outcomes across ethnic groups.
