title: Alcohol, tobacco, and father's aggressive behavior in relation to socioeconomic variables in Cretan low versus medium income families.
abstract: In order to identify socioeconomic factors affecting parents' alcohol and cigarette consumption and father's aggressiveness toward other family members, 87 low-income and 92 medium-income Greek families were tested. Father's alcohol consumption correlated positively with his smoking (p < .0008) and aggressive behavior (p < .00005), while mother's alcohol correlated positively with her smoking (p < .0001) and number of marriages (p < .01), and negatively with the family's overcrowding index (p < .006). Furthermore, father's smoking correlated positively with his alcohol (p < .01), and mother's smoking with her alcohol (p < .0004) and tenancy (p < .01). Finally, father's aggressiveness was found to be positively related to his alcohol consumption and negatively to his work and level of education.
authors: Division of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Crete, Greece.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Diacatou
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Mamalakis
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kafatos
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Vlahonikolis
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Bolonaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D012923:Social Class; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence