title: The association between an abusive father-son relationship, quantity of alcohol consumption, and male-to-male alcohol-related aggression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  While alcohol consumption and heavy episodic (binge) drinking are well-established predictors of male-to-male alcohol-related aggression (MMARA), the role of the father-son relationship in MMARA has yet to be explored.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study therefore examined whether fathering by the biological father rather than another father figure, negative fathering, and gender role modeled by the father figure were significant predictors of involvement in MMARA, once drinking frequency and quantity and heavy episodic drinking were controlled for. A total of 121 university students aged 18 to 25 years (M = 20.63, SD = 1.77 years) voluntarily completed the online questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The only significant predictors of perpetration of MMARA were a more abusive paternal relationship and drinking quantity (number of standard drinks usually consumed when drinking).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Negative father-son relationships may play a role in fostering young men's perpetration of MMARA in the barroom context.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hargreaves
authors.forename: Ashlee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zinkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol Consumption; Barroom Aggression; Male-to-Male Alcohol-Related Aggression; Negative Fathering; University Students