Medicine, Mind and Adolescence 1997, XII, 1-2
Adolescents' intensity of alcohol drinking and "embedding" in their family
Ewa Stepien
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Abstract
Research findings concerning the relationship between intensity of alcohol drinking in a sample of adolescents and their embedding in family life are presented. Data were obtained from 966 boys and girls aged 15-19. The main results indicate that: 1) About 69% of adolescents under study have admitted to drinking alcohol more than 2-3 times in their life. The data show also that prevalence of drinking was higher among boys than girls and older subjects than younger ones; 2) Intensity of drinking was significantly related to perceived parental attitudes toward drinking and to relationships with parents among adolescent boys (among girls of these relations were mostly no significant). For example, parental control and parental demands are factors favourable to reducing the intensity of alcohol drinking by boys, while perception of parental support may play the same role in girls but not in boys. Thus, it may be supposed that different constellation of familial factors determine intensity of alcohol drinking in girls and in boys.
(Paper presented at the "International Conference on Conflict and Development in Adolescence" in Ghent, Nov. 21-24, 1995 - Symposium of the World Federation and Society of Adolescentology (WFSA))
Key words: adolescents, alcohol drinking, parents.
