Childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation, parental history of alcohol problems, and offspring lifetime alcohol dependence

Abstract Background This study examined whether the experiences of childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and parental alcohol problems affected the likelihood of offspring DSM-IV lifetime alcohol dependence, controlling for parental history of drug, depression, and antisocial behavior...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2008-12, Vol.98 (3), p.264-269
Main Authors: Thompson, Ronald G, Lizardi, Dana, Keyes, Katherine M, Hasin, Deborah S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Adult children
Affective Symptoms - epidemiology
Affective Symptoms - psychology
Aged
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol dependence
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Behavior Problems
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Childhood experiences
Childhood Factors
Childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation
Divorce
Divorce - psychology
Divorce - statistics & numerical data
Ethnic Groups
Family
Family alcohol history
Female
General aspects
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
NESARC
Parental divorce
Parents - psychology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Toxicology
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Background This study examined whether the experiences of childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and parental alcohol problems affected the likelihood of offspring DSM-IV lifetime alcohol dependence, controlling for parental history of drug, depression, and antisocial behavior problems. Method Data were drawn from the 2001–2002 National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), a nationally representative United States survey of 43,093 civilian non-institutionalized participants aged 18 and older, interviewed in person. Logistic regression models were used to calculate the main and interaction effects of childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and parental history of alcohol problems on offspring lifetime alcohol dependence, after adjusting for parental history of drug, depression, and antisocial behavior problems. Results Childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and parental history of alcohol problems were significantly related to offspring lifetime alcohol dependence, after adjusting for parental history of drug, depression, and antisocial behavior problems. Experiencing parental divorce/separation during childhood, even in the absence of parental history of alcohol problems, remained a significant predictor of lifetime alcohol dependence. Experiencing both childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation and parental alcohol problems had a significantly stronger impact on the risk for DSM-IV alcohol dependence than the risk incurred by either parental risk factor alone. Conclusions Further research is needed to better identify the factors that increase the risk for lifetime alcohol dependence among those who experience childhood or adolescent parental divorce/separation.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.06.011