parental divorce/separation risk_factor_for early alcohol use

whether exposure to the parental divorce/separation itself during childhood ... is a critical life event associated with increased risk of early alcohol use

parental separation prior to age 18 was associated with earlier onset of drinking ... (association found only in European Americans)

risk for early initiation of alcohol use was greatest among those with both parental divorce/separation and parent drinking.

parental divorce/separation seems to be a critical life event associated with increased risk of early alcohol use

parental separation during childhood may be uniquely predictive of early drinking by offspring

studies have documented unique risk from parental separation for early ... drinking