Parent Relationships,Emotion Regulation,Psychosocial Maturity and College Student Alcohol Use Problems |
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Authors: | Judith L Fischer Larry F Forthun Boyd W Pidcock Duane A Dowd |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA;(2) Department Human Development & Family Studies, Penn State University DuBois, College Place, DuBois, PA 15801, USA;(3) Department of Counseling Psychology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 97219-7899, USA;(4) School of Human Ecology, Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 3167, Ruston, LA 71272, USA |
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Abstract: | This study tested associations between problems in parent-youth relationships and problems with alcohol use among college
students (N = 1592) using structural equation modeling. Hypotheses were that relationships between both substance-specific parenting
factors (parental drinking) and non-substance-specific parenting factors (parental intrusive control and lack of support)
and college student drinking behaviors would be mediated by the developmental tasks of managing difficult emotions and establishing
a mature psychosocial identity. Sex, ethnicity and age were entered as control variables in the analyses and were tested for
moderating effects. Results showed that the unconstrained model for males and females differed significantly from a model
in which the two groups were constrained to be similar. Among young women, emotion regulation and psychosocial maturity were
partial mediators of the effects of parent problems on alcohol use problems. Among young men, parent problems were indirectly
related to alcohol use problems through emotion regulation. Implications for alcohol use prevention activities on college
campuses are discussed.
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, November, 2004,
Orlando, Florida.
Research interests in college student alcohol misuse.
Research interests in adolescent psychosocial maturity.
Research interests in young adult relationships. |
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Keywords: | College students Alcohol use Psychosocial maturity Emotion Parent psychological control Parent support Parent drinking |
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