Mexican adolescents' alcohol use, family intimacy, and parent-adolescent communication.
Despite widespread adolescent alcohol use, research on individual and contextual factors among Mexican adolescents is limited. This study describes the relationship between adolescent risk/protective factors, parent-adolescent communication, and their effects on alcohol use of 14- to 17-year-old adolescents living in Mexico (N = 829; 458 girls, 371 boys). In this study, adolescents reported that 55% ever used alcohol, 24% used alcohol in the past 30 days, and 10% reported binge drinking. Adolescents with high family intimacy were less likely to report ever using alcohol and binge drinking. Regression analysis revealed that parent-adolescent communication mediated the effect of family intimacy on overall and binge drinking. Alcohol use prevention with Mexican adolescents should focus on family intimacy and parent-adolescent communication.
Martyn
Kristy K
KK
Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Programs, University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482, USA. kmartyn@umich.edu
Loveland-Cherry
Carol J
CJ
Villarruel
Antonia M
AM
Gallegos Cabriales
Esther
E
Zhou
Yan
Y
Ronis
David L
DL
Eakin
Brenda
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population