Parenting influences on the development of alcohol abuse and dependence

Author(s): Johnson, S.

Journal/Book: Alcohol Health Res World. 1997; 21: 6000 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20892-7003. Natl Inst Alcohol Abuse Alcoholism. 204-209.

Abstract: Both alcohol-specific and non-alcohol-specific parenting influences affect the development of alcohol abuse and dependence in the offspring. Alcohol-specific influences (e.g., the modeling of parental drinking behavior, the development of alcohol expectancies, and certain aspects of the parent-child relationship) are particularly relevant to the development of alcohol abuse and dependence in children of alcoholics. In contrast, non-alcohol-specific influences generally promote deviant behavior, including alcohol problems, in the offspring and affect children of alcoholics and nonalcoholics equally. These influences, which include inadequate parenting and other parent-child interaction patterns that promote aggressive, antisocial behavior in children, increase the offspring's risk of an alcoholism subtype associated with antisocial personality disorder. A different set of non-alcohol-specific family influences may contribute to an alcoholism subtype that emerges after the onset of depression.

Note: Article Jacob T, Palo Alto Vet Adm Hlth Care Syst, Palo Alto,CA 00000 USA

Keyword(s): children of alcoholics; family environment; parenting skills; AODU (alcohol and other drug use) development; AOD use behavior; offspring; role model; expectancy; parent child relations; antisocial behavior; ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY; CHILDREN; DEPRESSION; DISORDER

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