Alcohol-specific parenting, adolescent alcohol use and the mediating effect of adolescent alcohol-related cognitions

作者：Mares Suzanne H W^*; Lichtwarck Aschoff Anna; Engels Rutger C M E

来源：Psychology and Health, 2013, 28(7): 833-848.

DOI：10.1080/08870446.2012.762453

• adolescent alcohol use
• alcohol-specific parenting
• alcohol expectancies
• self-efficacy
• structural equation modelling

Objectives: Previous research indicated that alcohol-specific parenting is an important precursor of adolescent alcohol use, but failed to define the underlying mechanism. Based on social cognitive theory, alcohol-related cognitions such as alcohol refusal self-efficacy and alcohol-related expectancies were hypothesised to mediate this link.
Design: A cross-sectional survey included 1349 mothers and their sixth grade (11-12years old) adolescent offspring. Structural equation modelling was employed to test the association between alcohol-specific parenting and adolescent alcohol use, mediated by adolescent alcohol-related cognitions.
Main outcome measures: Adolescent alcohol use, drinking refusal self-efficacy and alcohol expectancies.
Results: The associations between frequency of communication, maternal alcohol use and adolescent alcohol use were mediated by negative alcohol-related expectancies. The associations between quality of communication, rules and disclosure and adolescent alcohol use were mediated by self-efficacy.
Conclusions: The present study provides a first indication that the underlying mechanism of the association between the most important alcohol-specific parenting practices and adolescent alcohol use can be contributed to the mediating effect of alcohol-refusal self-efficacy.

• 出版日期2013-7-1