Family Cohesion as a Buffer Against the Effects of Problem-Drinking Fathers on Psychological Distress, Deviant Behavior, and Heavy Drinking in Adolescents

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2545801
AutoresMichael P Farrell, Michael Farrell (0000-0002-0634-9719, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, autor de correspondencia), Grace M Barnes (0000-0003-0153-5376), Sarbani Banerjee (0000-0002-1741-2445)
Año1995
Volumen36
Número4
Páginas377
Fecha de publicación1995-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health and Social Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-1465 • E-ISSN: 2150-6000
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2137326
PMID8719055
OpenAlexW2079851756
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas12

In this paper we examine the degree to which family cohesion buffers the effects of fathers' problem drinking at Time 1 (T1) on adolescent distress, deviance, and heavy drinking at Time 2 (T2), one year later. Data from a representative sample of 658 families were used to test the hypotheses. Mothers, fathers (if present), and adolescent children were interviewed in the home. Fathers who were present completed self-report scales measuring problem drinking. When fathers were not available, mothers' reports on fathers' drinking were used to measure fathers' problem drinking. Results from regression analysis indicate that after controlling for the effects of race, SES, age, gender, and family structure: (1) the more cohesion in the family and the fever stressful events, the less distress, deviance, and heavy drinking shown by adolescents; (2) the fathers' problem drinking affects adolescent distress and deviance when cohesion is low; but as cohesion increases, the effects of the fathers' drinking are reduced. The findings support the hypothesis that cohesion in families buffers the effects of fathers' problem drinking on adolescents

Cohesion (chemistry) · Developmental psychology · Deviance (statistics) · Distress · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Poison control · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies