Family Life Satisfaction, Age, Length of Residency

Predicting Alcohol and Cigarette Use among Korean Adolescents in Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID13674789
AuthorsSung-Mook Hong (University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, corresponding author), Salvatora Faedda (University of Western Sydney, Macarthur)
Year1996
Volume78
Issue1
Pages187-193
Publication date1996-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1996.78.1.187
PMID8839310
OpenAlexW1975724985
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

A total of 203 Korean adolescent students, ages 14 to 18 years, participated in the present study designed to investigate the predictive value of adolescent scores on the Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction Index relative to those of parents and siblings, their length of residency in Australia, and age on alcohol and cigarette use. For boys, age was the only significant predictor of both alcohol and cigarette use. However, for girls three variables were identified as significant predictors of alcohol use. Parent-related Life Satisfaction, age, and length of residency in Australia accounting for 26.11% of the total variance. Two variables, Parent-related Life Satisfaction and length of residency in Australia, were significant predictors of cigarette use for girls, explaining 21.96% of the total variance. Results were discussed in terms of the different relationships between scores on the Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction Index and alcohol and cigarette use for adolescent boys and girls

Alcohol · Life satisfaction · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior · Psychology · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth · Social Psychology

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