The impact of quality of family life on drug consumption.
The nuclear family, particularly its role modeling during primary socialization, is found to exert an influence as strong as or stronger than the more stock-in-trade factors typically used for explaining alcohol and drug ingestion. With regard to the general North Queensland population quality of family life, past and current parental drinking are of almost equal importance.
Grichting
W L
WL
Department of Behavioural Sciences, James Cook University, North Queensland, Townsville, Australia.
Barber
J G
JG
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010556:Personality Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D011793:Queensland; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*