TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents Who Allow Early Adolescents to Drink
AU - Maggs, Jennifer L.
AU - Staff, Jeremy A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council UK (ESRC), grant ES/M008584/1 . The Millennium Cohort Study receives core funding from the ESRC and a consortium of UK government departments. Alcohol use and attitudes questions at age 11 years were funded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant R01 AA019606 . The study sponsors played no role in the study design; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Purpose: Previous research on community samples reveals that a sizeable minority of parents allow their early adolescent children to drink alcohol. The present study documents in a national longitudinal study the prevalence of parents allowing 14-year-olds to drink and examines variation by sociodemographic background and parent alcohol use. Methods: Children and parents (n = 10,210 families) participating in the ongoing Millennium Cohort Study provided self-report data from when the child was an infant to age 14 years. Results: About 17% of parents allowed their early adolescents to drink. Employed, more educated, and non-abstaining parents of white children were more likely to permit early adolescent drinking. Permitting alcohol use did not vary by child gender, teenage or single parenthood, or variation in parental drinking level. Conclusions: Socioeconomically advantaged, non-abstaining parents evidence a more permissive attitude about early drinking, which is a risk factor for early initiation, heavier use, and other problem behaviors.
AB - Purpose: Previous research on community samples reveals that a sizeable minority of parents allow their early adolescent children to drink alcohol. The present study documents in a national longitudinal study the prevalence of parents allowing 14-year-olds to drink and examines variation by sociodemographic background and parent alcohol use. Methods: Children and parents (n = 10,210 families) participating in the ongoing Millennium Cohort Study provided self-report data from when the child was an infant to age 14 years. Results: About 17% of parents allowed their early adolescents to drink. Employed, more educated, and non-abstaining parents of white children were more likely to permit early adolescent drinking. Permitting alcohol use did not vary by child gender, teenage or single parenthood, or variation in parental drinking level. Conclusions: Socioeconomically advantaged, non-abstaining parents evidence a more permissive attitude about early drinking, which is a risk factor for early initiation, heavier use, and other problem behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 29254647
AN - SCOPUS:85039442073
VL - 62
SP - 245
EP - 247
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
SN - 1054-139X
IS - 2
ER -