title: Understanding the Role of Context-Specific Drinking in Neglectful Parenting Behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Child neglect is the most common form of child maltreatment, yet little is known about how drinking context may be related to particular subtypes of child neglect. This study examines the relationship between parental drinking in multiple contexts and the use of supervisory and physical neglectful.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 2152 parents of children 12 years or younger in 50 cities in California was obtained using a computer-assisted telephone interview. Past-year prevalence of child neglect was measured using the Multidimensional Neglectful Behavior Scale. Information was collected on past month or past-year frequency of having at least one drink in five contexts, continued drinking measures (e.g. number of drinks after the first drink) and sociodemographics. Data were analyzed using multilevel random effects logit models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frequency of drinking in various contexts was related to different neglect subtypes. Specifically, frequency of drinking with friends was positively related leaving a child home alone when an adult should be present. Parents who drank more frequently with family were less likely to leave their child home alone in the past year yet more likely to unsafely monitor their child in the past year. Drinking at parties more often was related to being more likely to leave a child alone in a car sometime during the past year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  That no single drinking context is universally problematic for supervisory and physical neglect suggests that different social mechanisms may underlie the relationships observed between different drinking contexts and neglect subtypes.
authors: Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, 3250 Public Affairs Building, Box 951656, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA freisthler@luskin.ucla.edu.
authors: Bridget
authors: B
authors: Freisthler
authors: Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612-3749, USA.
authors: Jennifer Price
authors: JP
authors: Wolf
authors: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, 1545 Lilac Lane, 311 Twente Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-3129, USA.
authors: Michelle
authors: M
authors: Johnson-Motoyama
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D032882:Comprehension; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires