showing that on-line strategies that build mother-daughter relationships are effective [41]. Family conflict had a weak association with girls’ subsequent alcohol use. Significance levels depended on the presence of collateral variables in the model (Table 2), and average family conflict increased with age for the whole sample (Figure 1b). This suggests that parent-oriented programs that target teen alcohol use and have finite resources may be best redirecting energies spent on family conflict management to other alcohol-related risks (at least for samples with mild conflict). In qualification, prior research has found that severe family conflict is related to teen alcohol use [13]. When severe family conflict is present, a focus on conflict management may be important. Also, family conflict management may have other benefits for adolescents.
