L. Chassin et al., THE RELATION OF PARENT ALCOHOLISM TO ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE - A LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP-STUDY, Journal of abnormal psychology, 105(1), 1996, pp. 70-80
The current study tested parent alcoholism effects on growth curves of
adolescent substance use and examined whether parent and peer influen
ces, temperamental emotionality and sociability, and stress and negati
ve affect could explain parent alcoholism effects. Longitudinal latent
growth curve modeling showed that adolescents with alcoholic fathers,
boys, and adolescents with drug-using peers had steeper growth in sub
stance use over time than did adolescents without alcoholic fathers, g
irls, and adolescents without drug-using peers. Data were consistent w
ith father's monitoring and stress as possible mediators of paternal a
lcoholism effects. However, the direct effects of paternal alcoholism
on substance use growth remained significant even after including the
hypothesized mediators in the model. This suggests that other (unmeasu
red) mediators are necessary to fully explain paternal alcoholism risk
for adolescents' escalating substance use over time.