parental divorce/separation risk_factor_for alcohol dependence

youth who experience parental divorce/separation show elevated alcohol involvement ... and dependence

experiencing parental divorce ... increased the likelihood of alcohol dependence.

...and dependence.

a somewhat increased lifetime risk of DSM-IV AD (OR=1.17 [0.85–1.63])

surprisingly little research has focused specifically on the risk posed by experiencing parental divorce/separation ... on the risk for a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol dependence

does childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation affect the risk for offspring DSM-IV lifetime alcohol dependence?

Parental divorce/separation ... increased the risk of alcohol dependence by about 30% (AOR = 1.33).

The relationship between ... parental divorce/separation and offspring lifetime alcohol dependence ...

children and adolescents that experience parental divorce/separation may be more vulnerable to developing alcohol dependence

those who endorsed childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation ... were more than two times as likely to report lifetime alcohol dependence

a better understanding of the relationship between childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and alcohol dependence is an important clinical and research issue.

Of those reporting childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation, 18.8% met criteria for DSM-IV lifetime alcohol dependence compared to 11.3% who did not experience childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation.