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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on April 19, 2006
Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi:10.1093/alcalc/agl018
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved
Received August 4, 2005
Revised February 16, 2006
Accepted February 17, 2006

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FAMILY BONDING AND ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE: MODERATING EFFECT OF LIVING WITH EXCESSIVE DRINKING PARENTS

HERVÉ KUENDIG 1 * and EMMANUEL KUNTSCHE 1

1 Research Department, Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems (SIPA), PO Box 870, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
HERVÉ KUENDIG, E-mail: hkuendig{at}sfa-ispa.ch


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Aims: Excessive parental drinking has been shown to be positively related to adolescent alcohol use and family bonding negatively related. The aim of the present study was to determine if the perception of parental drinking moderates the relationship between family bonding and adolescent alcohol use. Methods: Linear structural equation models for multiple group comparisons were estimated based on a national representative sample of 3448 eight and ninth graders in Switzerland (mean age 14.77; SD 0.89). Results: Adjusted for gender and age, the results confirm that strong family bonds were negatively related to both frequency of alcohol intake and lifetime frequency of drunkenness. Furthermore, a positive link was found with regard to the perception of parental drinking. However, the multiple group comparison revealed that the negative relationship between bonding and adolescent alcohol use was even stronger among adolescents whose parents drink excessively than among those whose parents did not. Conclusions: These results indicate that it may be particularly important for parents in the former category to establish strong family bonds (e.g. by spending free time with their children, listening to their worries) so as to limit adolescent excessive drinking.


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