ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE NORMS AND FAMILY PROCESSES

青少年的饮酒模式植根于家庭环境， 父母让他们的孩子了解酒精的使用， 饮酒行为的早期模型。 饮酒模式的发展 然而，这比简单地模仿父母喝酒要复杂得多。 行为 父母对青少年饮酒的规范可能更多 比父母的酒精相关行为更有影响力。 小 然而，人们知道，家庭的过程有助于 青少年对父母饮酒规范的接受程度。 我们 建议测试一个描述条件的发展模型， 促进父母规范的传播，供青少年使用。 我们专注 农村家庭，一个酒精使用率高的群体， 被研究人员忽视。 该提案包括以下内容 变量：父母控制方式，亲子沟通， 父母温暖，父母对青少年行为规范的趋同 饮酒、父母间冲突和父母饮酒行为。 青少年和同龄人饮酒行为和规范的评估， 酒精的使用也将被获得。 为了评估这些结构，我们 提出一个多方法设计，使用母亲，父亲， 青少年和朋友，以及观察 母亲/父亲/青少年互动。 220个代表性样本 家庭将从东北部的一个10县卫生区招募 格鲁吉亚。

Adolescent drinking patterns are rooted in the home environment, as parents socialize their children concerning alcohol use and-serve as early models of drinking behavior. The development of drinking patterns is, however, more complex than simple imitation of parental drinking behavior. Parental norms for adolescent alcohol use may be more influential than the alcohol-related behavior the parents model. Little is known, however, about the family processes that contribute to adolescents' acceptance of their parents' norms for alcohol use. We propose to test a developmental model describing the .conditions that foster the transmission of parents' norms for adolescent use. We focus on rural families, a group with high alcohol-use rates that has typically been ignored by researchers. The proposal incorporates the following variables: parental control style, parent-adolescent communication, parental warmth, convergence between parents on norms for adolescent alcohol use, interparental conflict, and parental drinking behavior. Assessments of adolescent and peer drinking behavior and norms, for alcohol use will also be obtained. To assess these constructs, we propose a multimethod design Using self-reports from mothers, fathers, adolescents, and friends, as well as observations of mother/father/adolescent interactions. A representative sample of 220 families will be recruited from a 10-county health district in Northeast Georgia.