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Maternal and paternal alcohol misuse and alcohol-related outcomes among college students
Matthew R Pearson1, Gabrielle M D'Lima, Michelle L Kelley
1Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA. mpear008@odu.edu
Abstract:
Using a large college student sample (N = 1,095), the present study examined whether the relationship between parental alcohol abuse and offspring alcohol use varied as a function of parent and offspring gender, and whether the relationship to the non-substance-abusing mother or father buffered against the risk associated with being an adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA). Among women, maternal ACOAs (i.e., the mother only was suspected of alcohol misuse) had the greatest risk of problematic alcohol consumption, whereas among men, both parent ACOAs (i.e., both parents were suspected of alcohol misuse) had the greatest risk of problematic alcohol consumption. No support was found for the buffering hypothesis. We discuss implications of our findings and future directions.
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