title: Pathways of family influence: alcohol use and disordered eating in daughters.
abstract: Models of addiction etiology and treatment emphasize the influence of family-of-origin experiences. Using two addiction-related coping behaviors (ARCBs) common among college women (i.e., problematic alcohol use, disordered eating), we examined whether ARCBs in parents related to matching ARCBs in college women offspring. We expected that matching parental ARCBs would relate more strongly to the ARCBs in offspring than more distal/general family factors. A total of 197 college women completed measures of family dynamics, parental difficulties with alcohol, family focus on appearance and weight, personal difficulties with alcohol use, and disordered eating. A significant indirect effect for family dysfunction on disordered eating and alcohol-related problems was found. That is, family relationship difficulties predicted parents' ARCBs, which predicted matching ARCBs in participants (e.g., parental alcohol problems predicted participant alcohol problems). Matched parental ARCBs were better predictors of participants' ARCBs than more general/distal family factors and non-matched ARCBs. Specifically, path analysis and testing of beta weights supported specificity of parental ARCBs for predicting matching offspring ARCBs. Implications of study findings for tailoring prevention efforts are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States. Electronic address: ask0002@auburn.edu.
authors.forename: Annette S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kluck
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Lucille
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carriere
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Starla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dallesasse
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Batsirai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bvunzawabaya
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: English
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cobb
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Kseniya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhuzha
authors.affiliation: Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling (SERC), Auburn University, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fry
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010290:Parents; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol use; Behavioral model; Disordered eating; Family