Differential relationships of family drinking with alcohol expectancy among urban school children

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Chieh-Yu Liu¹  Wei J Chen²  Keh-Ming Lin³  Kuang-Hung Chen⁴  Chuan-Yu Chen⁵  Carla L Storr⁶ 

[1] Department of Nursing, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;Division of Mental Health and Addiction Medicine, Institutes of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan;Division of Mental Health and Addiction Medicine, Institutes of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan;Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Division of Mental Health and Addiction Medicine, Institutes of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan;Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;

关键词: Tension Reduction;    Alcohol Expectancy;    Underage Drinking;    National Health Research Institute;    Alcohol Outcome Expectancy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-87

 received in 2010-07-16, accepted in 2011-02-08,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPositive alcohol outcome expectancy has consistently been linked with problematic drinking, but there is little population-based evidence on its role on early stages of drinking in childhood. The present study seeks to understand the extent to which drinking of family members is differentially associated with the endorsement of alcohol expectancy in late childhood.MethodsA representative sample of 4th and 6th graders (N = 2455) drawn from 28 public schools in an urban region of Taiwan completed a self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Each student provided information on alcohol expectancy, drinking experiences, and individual and family attributes. Complex survey analyses were performed to evaluate the relationship, with stratification by children's alcohol drinking history.ResultsAn estimated 29% of the 4th graders and 43% of the 6th graders had initiated alcohol consumption (over 40% of them had drank on three or more occasions). Alcohol drinking-related differences appear in both the endorsement and the correlates of alcohol expectancy. Positive alcohol expectancy was strongly associated with family drinking, particularly the dimension of "enhanced social behaviors"; negative alcohol expectancy was inversely associated with drinking frequency. Among alcohol naïve children, significant connections appear between paternal drinking and three dimensions of positive alcohol expectancy (i.e., enhanced social behaviors:βwt = 0.15, promoting relaxation or tension reduction:βwt = 0.18, and global positive transformation:βwt = 0.22).ConclusionsIndividual tailored strategies that address family influences on alcohol expectancy may be needed in prevention programs targeting drinking behaviors in children.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Chen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011