Influence of Parental Alcohol Dependence Symptoms and Parenting on Adolescent Risky Drinking and Conduct Problems: A Family Systems Perspective.

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Authors: Su, Jinni; Kuo, Sally I-Chun; Aliev, Fazil; Guy, Mignonne C; Derlan, Chelsea L; Edenberg, Howard J; Nurnberger, John I; Kramer, John R; Bucholz, Kathleen K; Salvatore, Jessica E; Dick, Danielle M
Year: 2018
Journal: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research
PMID: 29969154
DOI: 10.1111/acer.13827
PMCID: PMC6120770

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0	Introduction	It has been estimated that 7.5 million, or 10.5% of children younger than the age of 18 in the…
1	Introduction — Direct and Indirect Effect of Parental Alcohol Dependence Symptoms via Parenting Behaviors: A Family Systems Perspective	Parental alcohol problems, both concurrent parental drinking problems and family/parental history of…
2	Introduction — Direct and Indirect Effect of Parental Alcohol Dependence Symptoms via Parenting Behaviors: A Family Systems Perspective	Parents serve as a primary socialization agent for adolescents and play an important role in…
3	Introduction — Direct and Indirect Effect of Parental Alcohol Dependence Symptoms via Parenting Behaviors: A Family Systems Perspective	poor parent-child communication (Luk et al., 2010), and low parent-child closeness (Shorey et al.,…
4	Introduction — Direct and Indirect Effect of Parental Alcohol Dependence Symptoms via Parenting Behaviors: A Family Systems Perspective	Many studies on the effects of parental alcohol dependence have focused on fathers’ alcohol…
5	Introduction — Direct and Indirect Effect of Parental Alcohol Dependence Symptoms via Parenting Behaviors: A Family Systems Perspective	Moreover, even fewer studies have considered alcohol problems and parenting behaviors from both…
6	Introduction — Ethnic Differences	Rates of adolescents’ drinking and conduct problems vary across ethnicity. Compared to European…
7	Introduction — Ethnic Differences	et al., 2004). Indeed, an authoritarian parenting style characterized by low acceptance and high…
8	Introduction — Gender Differences	In addition to gender differences in adolescents’ drinking patterns (Johnston et al., 2015) and…
9	Introduction — Gender Differences	and externalizing behaviors among adolescent boys than girls (Borawski et al., 2003; Tebes et al.,…
10	Introduction — The Current Study	The primary goal of this study was to consider the potentially unique roles of fathers’ and…
11	Materials and Methods — Sample	Participants came from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA; Begleiter et…
12	Materials and Methods — Sample	In 2004, COGA launched the Prospective Study that aims to examine how genetic risks unfold across…
13	Materials and Methods — Sample	For the purpose of the current study, we linked data from the COGA adult interviews and the…
14	Materials and Methods — Measures — Parental alcohol dependence symptoms (ADS)	Data on parental ADS were drawn from parents’ SSAGA interviews. 425 (33.2%) fathers and 662…
15	Materials and Methods — Measures — Parental alcohol dependence symptoms (ADS)	Of the fathers who had data on ADS (n= 805), 31.1% endorsed zero ADS and 40.9% endorsed 3 or more…
16	Materials and Methods — Measures — Positive parenting	Data on parenting behaviors were drawn from the Home Environment section of adolescents’ baseline…
17	Materials and Methods — Measures — Positive parenting	(no) and 1 (yes). Scores were summed to create variables for maternal involvement and paternal…
18	Materials and Methods — Measures — Positive parenting	and from .50 to .57 (mean r = .54) for fathers and mothers, respectively. Some adolescents reported…
19	Materials and Methods — Measures — Adolescent risky drinking	Data on adolescent risky drinking, as indexed by engagement in heavy episodic drinking in the past…

Name	Type
AA	cohort
Adolescent age local	phenotype
adolescent alcohol use	phenotype
adolescent conduct problems	phenotype
adolescent drinking	phenotype
Adolescent ethnicity local	phenotype
Adolescent gender local	phenotype
Adolescent outcomes local	phenotype
adolescents	cohort
Adolescents' conduct problems local	phenotype
adolescents' risky drinking local	phenotype
Adolescents' risky drinking local	phenotype
Adolescents’ risky drinking local	phenotype
adolescent substance use	phenotype
African American	cohort
age	phenotype
aggression	phenotype
alcohol	phenotype
alcohol abuse	phenotype
alcohol dependence	phenotype
Alcohol Dependence Symptoms	phenotype
alcoholism	phenotype
Alcohol Problems	phenotype
Alcohol problems later in life local	phenotype
Alcohol Use	phenotype
Alcohol Use Disorder	phenotype
antisocial personality disorder	phenotype
anxiety symptoms	phenotype
authoritarian parenting style local	phenotype
Authoritarian parenting style local	phenotype
Biological parents	cohort
CDSX local	phenotype
COGA adult interviews local	cohort
COGA extended families local	cohort
COGA sample	cohort
Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA)	cohort
communication	phenotype
conduct disorder	phenotype
conduct_problems local	phenotype
Daughters local	cohort
Daughters local	phenotype
delinquency	phenotype
depressive symptoms	phenotype
discipline	phenotype
DSM-IV	phenotype
DSM-IV alcohol dependence	phenotype
EA	cohort
early alcohol use	phenotype
environmental stress	phenotype
European ancestry	cohort
externalizing disorders	phenotype
Families with ADS data local	cohort
families with both biological parents local	cohort
family conflict	phenotype
Family socioeconomic status	phenotype
family structure	phenotype
Father-adolescent closeness local	phenotype
Father-adolescent communication local	phenotype
Father ADS local	phenotype
father-child closeness local	phenotype
father-child communication local	phenotype
Father parenting behaviors local	phenotype
Father positive parenting behaviors local	phenotype
fathers	cohort
father's ADS local	phenotype
fathers' ADS local	phenotype
Fathers' ADS local	phenotype
Fathers' alcohol dependence local	phenotype
Fathers' Alcohol Dependence Symptoms local	phenotype
father's parenting local	phenotype
fathers' parenting local	phenotype
Fathers' parenting local	phenotype
Fathers' parenting behaviors local	phenotype
Fathers' positive parenting local	phenotype
fathers' positive parenting behaviors local	phenotype
heavy drinking	phenotype
internalizing disorders	phenotype
involvement	phenotype
Lower involvement local	phenotype
major depressive disorder	phenotype
maternal_ADS local	phenotype
maternal antisocial behavior	phenotype
Maternal antisocial behaviors local	phenotype
maternal involvement local	phenotype
Maternal involvement local	phenotype
Maternal monitoring local	phenotype
Maternal support local	phenotype
Mother-adolescent closeness local	phenotype
Mother-adolescent communication local	phenotype
Mother ADS local	phenotype
mother-child closeness local	phenotype
Mother-child closeness local	phenotype
mother-child communication local	phenotype
Mother-child communication local	phenotype
Mother parenting behaviors local	phenotype
Mother positive parenting behaviors local	phenotype
mothers	cohort
mother's ADS local	phenotype
mothers' ADS local	phenotype
Mothers' ADS local	phenotype
Mothers' alcohol dependence local	phenotype
Mothers' Alcohol Dependence Symptoms local	phenotype
mother's parenting local	phenotype
mothers' parenting local	phenotype
Mothers' parenting local	phenotype
Mothers' parenting behaviors local	phenotype
Mothers' positive parenting local	phenotype
mothers' positive parenting behaviors local	phenotype
negative affect	phenotype
negative parenting	phenotype
Negative parenting practices local	phenotype
Non-biological father local	cohort
non-biological father figure local	phenotype
Non-biological mother local	cohort
non-biological mother figure local	phenotype
offspring alcohol problems	phenotype
Offspring maladaptive outcomes local	phenotype
offspring outcomes	cohort
Parental Alcohol Dependence Scale local	phenotype
Parental alcohol dependence symptoms local	phenotype
Parental Alcohol Dependence Syndrome local	phenotype
parental alcoholism	phenotype
Parental antisocial personality disorder local	phenotype
parental closeness	phenotype
parental control	phenotype
parental divorce/separation	phenotype
parental education	phenotype
parental involvement	phenotype
parental monitoring	phenotype
Parental support	phenotype
parental warmth	phenotype
parent-child closeness local	phenotype
Parent-child closeness local	phenotype
parent-child closeness scale local	phenotype
parent-child communication	phenotype
parent-child communication scale local	phenotype
parenting	phenotype
Paternal antisocial behavior local	phenotype
Paternal antisocial behaviors local	phenotype
paternal involvement local	phenotype
Paternal involvement local	phenotype
Paternal monitoring local	phenotype
Poor parent-child communication local	phenotype
positive parenting	phenotype
prenatal alcohol exposure	phenotype
problematic alcohol use	phenotype
Prospective Study	cohort
Psychosocial Outcomes in Offspring local	phenotype
race/ethnicity	phenotype
risky drinking	phenotype
risky_drinking local	phenotype
Same-sex parent-adolescent dyad local	cohort
self-reported parenting behaviors local	phenotype
sex	phenotype
sons	cohort
Sons local	phenotype
stress	phenotype
subsample (n=706) local	cohort
subsample (n=929) local	cohort
substance use	phenotype
Time involvement local	phenotype
whole sample local	cohort

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