Parental divorce and initiation of alcohol use in early adolescence.
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Cited
Public
- Authors
- Jackson, Kristina M; Rogers, Michelle L; Sartor, Carolyn E
- Year
- 2016
- Journal
- Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors
- PMID
- 27322803
- DOI
- 10.1037/adb0000164
- PMCID
- PMC4916852
Parental divorce/separation is among the most commonly endorsed adverse childhood events. It has been shown to increase subsequent risk of alcohol dependence and problems across adolescence and early adulthood, but its influence on early stages of alcohol involvement has only recently been explored. In the present study, we examined whether time to first full drink was accelerated among youth who experienced parental divorce/separation. To determine specificity of risk, models controlled for perceived stress as well as family history of alcoholism, current parental drinking, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Developmental specificity in terms of timing of both parental divorce and first drink was also examined. Participants were 931 middle-school students (488 girls, 443 boys) who were enrolled in a prospective study on drinking initiation and progression (52% female; 23% non-White, 11% Hispanic). Students indicated whether and at what age they had consumed a full drink of alcohol. Parental divorce/separation was coded from a parent-reported life-events inventory and was grouped based on age experienced (ages 0-5, ages 6-9, age 10+). Cox proportional hazard models showed increased risk for onset of drinking as a function of divorce/separation, even controlling for stress, parental alcohol involvement, and psychopathology. There was no evidence for developmental specificity of the divorce/separation effect based on when it occurred nor in timing of first drink. However, the effect of parental divorce/separation on initiation was magnified at higher levels of parental drinking. Given the rates of parental divorce/separation and its association with increased risk of early drinking, investigation of the mechanisms underlying this link is clearly warranted. (PsycINFO Database Record
Survival curves for participants who did not experience parental separation/divorce (top panel) and did experience parental separation/divorce (bottom panel).
Survival curves by age at which parental separation/divorce was experienced.
Hazard ratios for the prediction of age of first full drink by divorce/separation (Yes versus No) at different levels of parental drinking.
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| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| 8th graders | cohort |
| Abusive parent local | phenotype |
| adolescent alcohol use | phenotype |
| adolescent drinking | phenotype |
| Adolescent offspring-of-twins sample local | cohort |
| adolescents | cohort |
| adolescent substance use | phenotype |
| Adult drinkers (mean age 30) local | cohort |
| Adult drinkers (mean age 56) local | cohort |
| Adverse childhood events local | phenotype |
| adverse childhood experiences | phenotype |
| adverse psychological reactions local | phenotype |
| African American | cohort |
| age | phenotype |
| age 10 or older local | cohort |
| age 6–9 local | cohort |
| age at first drink | phenotype |
| age at initiation | phenotype |
| Age at parental separation/divorce local | phenotype |
| Age of initiation of drinking local | phenotype |
| aggression | phenotype |
| alcohol | phenotype |
| alcohol abuse | phenotype |
| alcohol dependence | phenotype |
| Alcohol Initiation | phenotype |
| alcohol intoxication | phenotype |
| Alcohol Problems | phenotype |
| alcohol-related problems | phenotype |
| Alcohol Use | phenotype |
| alcohol use disorders | phenotype |
| Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test | phenotype |
| alcohol use initiation | phenotype |
| anxiety | phenotype |
| AUDIT | phenotype |
| Change in residence local | phenotype |
| Childhood life events local | phenotype |
| Child life events local | phenotype |
| Child psychopathology local | phenotype |
| Children of divorced parents local | cohort |
| Children of married/intact families local | cohort |
| college students | cohort |
| conduct disorder | phenotype |
| consuming a full drink local | phenotype |
| Current parental drinking local | phenotype |
| date of birth local | phenotype |
| depression | phenotype |
| deviant behavior | phenotype |
| deviant peers | phenotype |
| Disadvantaged neighborhoods local | phenotype |
| Downward mobility local | phenotype |
| Downward residential mobility local | phenotype |
| drinking | phenotype |
| Drinking initiation prior to age 15 local | phenotype |
| drunkenness | phenotype |
| Dube et al. 2006 local | cohort |
| Earlier initiation of alcohol use local | phenotype |
| Earlier onsetters local | phenotype |
| Early adolescent hyperactive behavior local | phenotype |
| early alcohol use | phenotype |
| Early alcohol use initiation local | phenotype |
| early initiation | phenotype |
| Early stages of alcohol involvement local | phenotype |
| Economic deprivation local | phenotype |
| elevated drinking local | phenotype |
| Environmental deprivation local | phenotype |
| European ancestry | cohort |
| excessive alcohol consumption | phenotype |
| externalizing behavior | phenotype |
| externalizing disorders | phenotype |
| Familial alcohol involvement local | phenotype |
| Familial drinking risk local | phenotype |
| family composition local | cohort |
| family conflict | phenotype |
| family divorce/separation local | phenotype |
| family history of alcoholism | phenotype |
| family history of drinking problems local | phenotype |
| Family history of drinking problems local | phenotype |
| Family History of Drinking Problems local | phenotype |
| family structure local | cohort |
| family structure | phenotype |
| Female sex (girls) local | phenotype |
| frequency of alcohol use | phenotype |
| friends local | phenotype |
| Full alcoholic drink consumption local | phenotype |
| full drink consumption local | phenotype |
| Full drink consumption local | phenotype |
| future local | phenotype |
| heavy drinking | phenotype |
| High SES households local | phenotype |
| household composition | phenotype |
| Household resources local | phenotype |
| important life events local | phenotype |
| initiation | phenotype |
| intact families | cohort |
| internalizing disorders | phenotype |
| job local | phenotype |
| lifetime alcohol use | phenotype |
| lifetime psychiatric disorders | phenotype |
| Lunch subsidy local | phenotype |
| Marital status change local | phenotype |
| Maternal alcohol consumption local | drug |
| Maternal alcohol problems | phenotype |
| Middle school youth local | cohort |
| mood disorders | phenotype |
| negative affect | phenotype |
| non-Hispanic whites | cohort |
| Non-intact families local | cohort |
| offspring alcohol involvement | phenotype |
| Offspring-of-twin sample (young adults, mean age 20) local | cohort |
| Offspring of twin studies local | cohort |
| onset of drinking | phenotype |
| other substances | phenotype |
| parental alcoholism | phenotype |
| parental alcohol use | phenotype |
| parental divorce/separation | phenotype |
| parental income | phenotype |
| parental involvement | phenotype |
| parental monitoring | phenotype |
| parental separation/divorce local | cohort |
| parent drinking local | phenotype |
| Parent drinking local | phenotype |
| Parent Drinking local | phenotype |
| parenting | phenotype |
| parents/family local | phenotype |
| participants | cohort |
| paternal alcohol use disorder | phenotype |
| peer alcohol use | phenotype |
| perceived stress | phenotype |
| Perception of excessive drinking in the family local | phenotype |
| physical abuse | phenotype |
| Positive life event local | phenotype |
| psychopathology | phenotype |
| reward | phenotype |
| risky drinking | phenotype |
| Rothman et al. 2008 local | cohort |
| SAMHSA local | cohort |
| Sartor et al. 2007 local | cohort |
| school | phenotype |
| SES | phenotype |
| sex | phenotype |
| single-parent families local | cohort |
| Single-parent families local | cohort |
| single-parent family local | phenotype |
| Six local middle schools local | cohort |
| Stepfamilies local | cohort |
| stress | phenotype |
| study cohort | cohort |
| substances | phenotype |
| substance use | phenotype |
| Twin cohort | cohort |
| under age 6 local | cohort |
| Underage drinkers local | cohort |
| Waldron et al. 2014a local | cohort |
| Waldron et al. 2014b local | cohort |
| wave 2 | cohort |
| Wave 6 local | cohort |
| Witnessing violent events local | phenotype |
| Young adolescents local | cohort |
| Young adult offspring-of-twins sample local | cohort |
| Young sample local | cohort |
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