Paternal alcoholism and youth substance abuse: the indirect effects of negative affect, conduct problems, and risk taking.
This longitudinal study followed 200 adolescents into early adulthood to explore the potential mediating roles that hostility, sadness, conduct problems, and risk-taking play in the relationship between paternal alcoholism and substance abuse. Results indicated that paternal alcoholism predicted hostility; in turn, hostility predicted risk taking, which predicted substance abuse.
Ohannessian
Christine McCauley
CM
Department of Individual & Family Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. ohanness@udel.edu
Hesselbrock
Victor M
VM
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011336:Probability; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012309:Risk-Taking; D017678:Sex Distribution; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology