Paternal alcoholism, negative parenting, and the mediating role of marital satisfaction.

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Authors: Kachadourian, Lorig K; Eiden, Rina D; Leonard, Kenneth E
Year: 2009
Journal: Addictive behaviors
PMID: 19541430
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.05.003
PMCID: PMC3595559

#	Section	Preview
0	1. Introduction	Research on children of alcoholic fathers has shown that they are at an increased risk for a number…
1	1. Introduction	Parental alcoholism is also believed to negatively affect the quality and quantity of parenting…
2	1. Introduction	positive affect cross-sectionally in a sample of 12-month old infants. They also found that father's…
3	1. Introduction	Why might paternal alcohol use be associated with lower parental warmth and sensitivity? One reason…
4	1. Introduction	have shown that partner alcoholism is associated with decreased marital satisfaction for both…
5	1. Introduction	When parents are in satisfying and supportive marital relationships, it is believed that they will…
6	1. Introduction	partners were warmer and more sensitive with their children and fathers in close and confiding…
7	1. Introduction	Given that paternal alcoholism is associated with decreased relationship quality for both husbands…
8	1. Introduction	on more complex family processes than previous research studies. However, the parenting measures…
9	1. Introduction	The current study examined the longitudinal association between paternal alcoholism and parental…
10	2. Method — 2.1. Participants	The participants were 197 families with 12 month old infants at recruitment (96 girls and 101 boys)…
11	2. Method — 2.1. Participants	some post high school education. Only 3% had not graduated from high school. All of the mothers were…
12	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	The names and addresses of these families were obtained from New York State birth records for Erie…
13	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	collected on the birth records. These analyses indicated a slight tendency for infants of responders…
14	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	Parents who indicated an interest in the study were screened by telephone with regard to…
15	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	the past year except for mild marijuana use (no more than twice during pregnancy), the mother's…
16	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	Families meeting the basic inclusion criteria were provisionally assigned to one of two groups…
17	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	in their lifetime (according to responses on a screening interview based on the University of…
18	2. Method — 2.2. Procedures	Families were assessed at multiple time points (12, 18, 24, and 36 months). At each age, extensive…
19	2. Method — 2.3. Measures — 2.3.1. Parental alcohol group status	Although parental alcohol abuse and dependence problems were partially assessed from the screening…

Name	Type
12 month assessment local	cohort
12 month assessment local	phenotype
12-month old infants local	cohort
18 month assessment local	phenotype
24 month assessment local	cohort
24 month assessment local	phenotype
24 months local	cohort
2-year-old children	cohort
36 month assessment local	cohort
36 month assessment local	phenotype
36 months local	cohort
African American	cohort
age	phenotype
aggression	phenotype
alcohol	phenotype
alcohol abuse	phenotype
alcohol dependence	phenotype
alcoholic group	cohort
Alcoholic group fathers local	cohort
Alcoholic group mothers local	cohort
alcoholism	phenotype
Alcohol Problems	phenotype
alcohol-related abuse and dependence symptoms local	phenotype
alcohol-related problems	phenotype
Alcohol Use	phenotype
Alcohol Use Disorder	phenotype
Alcohol use (quantity/frequency index) local	phenotype
antisocial personality disorder	phenotype
Apgar1 score local	phenotype
Apgar score local	phenotype
Attentional difficulties local	phenotype
average daily ethanol intake local	phenotype
binge drinking	phenotype
birth records local	cohort
birth weight	phenotype
Both partners alcoholic couples local	cohort
Caucasian	cohort
child-rearing disagreements local	phenotype
children	cohort
children of alcoholic parents	phenotype
children of alcoholics	cohort
close and confiding relationships local	phenotype
community sample	cohort
conduct disorder	phenotype
Congruent drinking behavior local	phenotype
couples with a 3-month old infant local	cohort
current drinkers	phenotype
current sample	cohort
delinquency	phenotype
delinquent behavior in children local	phenotype
depression	phenotype
depression scores	phenotype
depressive symptoms	phenotype
Developmental demands local	phenotype
disruption in normal family routines local	phenotype
DSM-IV	phenotype
early toddlerhood local	phenotype
educational attainment	phenotype
effortful control local	phenotype
emotional expressivity local	phenotype
entire sample local	cohort
Erie County birth records local	cohort
ethanol consumption	phenotype
expressions of approval local	phenotype
externalizing disorders	phenotype
families	cohort
families with 12-month old infants local	cohort
Families with alcoholic father local	cohort
Father alcohol diagnosis local	phenotype
Father alcoholic local	phenotype
father alcoholic group local	cohort
father-alcoholic group local	cohort
Father alcoholic group local	cohort
fathers	cohort
fathers local	phenotype
fathers' drinking local	drug
Fathers with complete data at 24 month assessment local	cohort
Fathers with complete data at 36 month assessment local	cohort
Fathers with missing data at 24 month assessment local	cohort
Fathers with missing data at 36 month assessment local	cohort
Female infant local	phenotype
financial disagreements local	phenotype
financial strain	phenotype
follow up assessments local	cohort
frequency of drinking 5 or more drinks on a single occasion local	phenotype
frequency of getting drunk local	phenotype
heavy drinking	phenotype
higher functioning families local	cohort
higher negative affect local	phenotype
Hispanic	phenotype
Husbands local	cohort
impulsivity	phenotype
income	phenotype
Infant behaviors local	phenotype
Infant children local	cohort
infants	cohort
intimate partner violence	phenotype
Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales local	drug
kindergarten-aged children local	cohort
lower maternal warmth local	phenotype
lower paternal warmth local	phenotype
lower sensitivity local	phenotype
lower verbalizations local	phenotype
marijuana	phenotype
Marital Adjustment Test local	phenotype
marital conflict local	phenotype
marital dissatisfaction local	phenotype
Marital dissatisfaction local	phenotype
Marital interaction local	phenotype
marital relationship local	phenotype
Marital relationship local	phenotype
marital satisfaction	phenotype
marital status	phenotype
marriage satisfaction local	phenotype
maternal age	phenotype
Maternal drug use local	phenotype
maternal marital adjustment local	phenotype
Maternal marital satisfaction local	phenotype
maternal parenting local	phenotype
Maternal parenting behavior local	phenotype
maternal warmth	phenotype
Maternal Warmth and Sensitivity local	phenotype
Maternal warmth/sensitivity local	phenotype
missing data at 24 month assessment (fathers) local	cohort
missing data at 24 month assessment (mothers) local	cohort
mothers	cohort
mothers local	phenotype
Mothers with complete data at 36 month assessment local	cohort
Mothers with missing data at 36 month assessment local	cohort
Native-American local	phenotype
negative affect	phenotype
negative mood	phenotype
negative parenting	phenotype
nonalcoholic	cohort
non-alcoholic group local	cohort
nonalcoholic group local	cohort
Nonalcoholic group local	cohort
Non-alcoholic group fathers local	cohort
Non-alcoholic group mothers local	cohort
Nonalcoholic status local	phenotype
Non‑problematic drinking couples local	cohort
observed harmony between parents local	phenotype
Older children of alcoholics local	cohort
overall family functioning local	phenotype
overall relationship functioning local	phenotype
Parental aggravation local	phenotype
Parental alcohol abuse local	phenotype
parental alcoholism	phenotype
parental alcohol use	phenotype
parental depression	phenotype
parental education	phenotype
parental involvement	phenotype
parental psychological control local	phenotype
parental sensitivity	phenotype
parental warmth	phenotype
parent–child conflict local	phenotype
Parent–child conflict local	phenotype
parent–child interactions local	phenotype
parent-child relationship	phenotype
parent–child relationship local	phenotype
parent–child relationships local	phenotype
Parent–infant interaction local	phenotype
Parent–infant interaction at 12 months local	phenotype
Parent–infant interaction at 24 months local	phenotype
Parent–infant interaction at 36 months local	phenotype
Parent-infant interactions local	phenotype
parenting	phenotype
parenting behavior local	phenotype
parenting variables local	phenotype
parents	cohort
participants	cohort
partner alcoholism local	drug
partner alcoholism local	phenotype
Partner alcoholism local	phenotype
Partner support local	phenotype
paternal age	phenotype
paternal alcoholism	phenotype
paternal alcohol use local	drug
paternal alcohol use disorder	phenotype
Paternal depressive symptoms local	phenotype
Paternal marital satisfaction local	phenotype
paternal parenting local	phenotype
paternal warmth local	phenotype
Paternal Warmth and Sensitivity local	phenotype
Paternal warmth/sensitivity local	phenotype
Paternal Warmth/Sensitivity local	phenotype
physical affection local	phenotype
positive affect	phenotype
positive affect sharing local	phenotype
positive attitudes toward infants local	phenotype
positive parenting	phenotype
Prenatal visits local	phenotype
Problematic drinking behavior local	phenotype
psychological adjustment	phenotype
Quantity-frequency index (QFI) local	cohort
race/ethnicity	phenotype
Responders local	cohort
Screening interview local	cohort
sibling interactions local	phenotype
social isolation	phenotype
Study responders local	cohort
substance abusing individuals local	cohort
substance abusing parents local	cohort
substance use	phenotype
temper tantrums	phenotype
Toddlerhood local	phenotype
transition to parenthood local	phenotype
UM-CIDI interview local	cohort
Verbalizations local	phenotype
Warm and sensitive parenting local	phenotype
warm/sensitive parenting local	phenotype
Warm/sensitive parenting local	phenotype
warmth	phenotype
warmth and sensitivity local	phenotype
Warmth and sensitivity local	phenotype
Warmth/sensitivity local	phenotype
Warmth/sensitivity composite local	phenotype
wives	cohort

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