title: Paternal alcoholism and youth substance abuse: the indirect effects of negative affect, conduct problems, and risk taking.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Individual & Family Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. ohanness@udel.edu
authors.forename: Christine McCauley
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ohannessian
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Hesselbrock
mesh_terms: 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