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Do Parents Know Best?
September 1st, 2011 / Education / Betty Ford Institute
Researchers at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles examined the questions, “Do parents accurately perceive the attitudes of other parents about their college students’ use of alcohol?” and, “What is the effect of these perceptions on the alcohol related attitudes of their own college student’s drinking?” Recent research indicated that parents still have significant impact on their college student’s alcohol use. Parental influences such as permissiveness or parental monitoring were found to impact alcohol use. It had also been shown that parental disapproval of...

Parental and Adolescent Drinking are Steps on the Path to Psychological Problems
May 6th, 2011 / Adolescents / Betty Ford Institute
Parents’ use of alcohol is a recognized factor in alcohol use and dependence in their offspring. Current estimates are that 40-60% of alcohol dependence can be attributed to genetics. The remaining risk factors include an individual’s family background, socialization, and psychological makeup. There is a known relationship between alcohol use and depression and anxiety disorders. This New York University School of Medicine study looked for a possible pathway from parental use of alcohol during their child’s adolescence and the appearance of psychological symptoms in young...

Higher Socioeconomic Status May Lead to Early Adult Drug Problems
January 7th, 2011 / Adolescents / Betty Ford Institute
This recent University of Chicago study looked at the relationship between the socioeconomic status (SES) of adolescents and their substance use in early adulthood. Much of the earlier research in this area focused on substance abuse in lower SES populations. However, growing evidence shows that teens from high SES backgrounds are also at high risk. This study analyzed the relationship between adolescent SES (measured by parental education and income) and their adult substance use. The data came from The National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (AddHealth) a nationally...

Parental Movie Restrictions and Youth Alcohol Use
December 2nd, 2010 / Children / Betty Ford Institute
Research has linked entertainment media with aggressive behavior, smoking, and sexual behavior. But less is known about the relationship between movies and alcohol use. This Dartmouth Medical School study looked at how parental restrictions on R-movie viewing influenced the risk of early-onset alcohol use. Participants were 3577 New England middle school youths (grades 5-8) who had reported never drinking. The question was asked, “How often do your parents let you watch R-rated movies or videos?” Follow-up was conducted 13-36 months later using a computer assisted telephone...