Alcohol use and abuse in young adulthood: Do self-control and parents%26apos; perceptions of friends during adolescence modify peer influence? The TRAILS study

作者：Visser Leenke^*; de Winter Andrea F; Veenstra Rene; Verhulst Frank C; Reijneveld Sijmen A

来源：Addictive Behaviors, 2013, 38(12): 2841-2846.

DOI：10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.013

• Alcohol use
• Peer
• Self-control
• Parents
• Adolescence
• Young adulthood

Aims: To assess the influence of peer alcohol use during adolescence on young adults%26apos; alcohol use and abuse, and to assess to what extent parents%26apos; perception of their adolescent child%26apos;s friends and adolescent%26apos;s self-control modify this influence. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: We analyzed data from the first, third, and fourth wave of a population-based prospective cohort study of 2230 adolescents conducted between 2001 and 2010 (mean ages: 11.1, 16.3, and 19.1, respectively). Alcohol use and abuse were measured at T4 by self-report questionnaires and by the Composite International Diagnostics Interview (CIDI), respectively. Peer alcohol use, self-control, and parents%26apos; perception of their adolescent child%26apos;s friends were measured at T3. We adjusted for gender, age, socioeconomic-status, parental alcohol use, and adolescent baseline alcohol use. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: Peer alcohol use during adolescence was related to young adults%26apos; alcohol use and abuse [odds ratio (95% confidence interval): 1.31 (1.11-1.54) and 1.50 (1.20-1.87), respectively]. Neither parents%26apos; perception of their adolescent child%26apos;s friends nor self-control modified this relationship. Alcohol abusers were more likely to have low self-control than alcohol users. No differences were found between alcohol users and abusers regarding their parents%26apos; perception of their friends and peer alcohol use. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: Peer alcohol use during adolescence affects young adults%26apos; alcohol use and abuse. We found that selfcontrol was only related to alcohol abuse. Peer influence was not modified by parents%26apos; perception of peers or by self-control. Peer alcohol use and self-control should thus be separate targets in the prevention of alcohol use/abuse.

• 出版日期2013-12