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Article: Alcohol-Specific Socialization, Parenting Behaviors and Alcohol Use by Children(*).
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
- Author:
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There are important reasons to study the relations between parenting behaviors and alcohol use by children. First, there is evidence that initiation of alcohol use during childhood increases risk of alcohol abuse during adolescence (Barnes and Welte, 1986; Kandel et al., 1992; Robins and Przybeck, 1985). Because parents are the primary agents of socialization during the childhood years (Maccoby, 1980) they could play a pivotal role in preventing early initiation of alcohol use. Thus, it is important to determine how parenting practices, both general and alcohol-specific, are related to alcohol use by preadolescents. Second, it is clear that school-based programs alone are ...