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Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol
BACKGROUND: While consumption of alcohol does not often begin until early adolescence, young children are highly capable of internalizing normative information through observational learning. We used a longitudinal multiple‐informant family study to examine the impact of exposure to mothers' an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826212/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36112144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.14902 |
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author | Cook, Megan Smit, Koen Voogt, Carmen Kuntsche, Sandra Kuntsche, Emmanuel |
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description | BACKGROUND: While consumption of alcohol does not often begin until early adolescence, young children are highly capable of internalizing normative information through observational learning. We used a longitudinal multiple‐informant family study to examine the impact of exposure to mothers' and fathers' drinking on young children's normative perceptions of who drinks alcohol. METHODS: Three hundred twenty‐nine children (4 to 6 years old at baseline [M (age) 4.78 (SD = 0.725)], 51% girls) completed the Dutch electronic appropriate beverage task [eABT] where they attributed alcoholic beverages to a variety of persons depicted in an illustrated scenario. Their parents completed an online survey that included information on alcohol use and exposure. RESULTS: Children more frequently exposed to their mothers' drinking provided females shown in the eABT illustrations with alcohol significantly more often than children less frequently exposed to mothers' drinking. There was no effect of mother's exposure on providing males in the eABT with alcoholic beverages. Similarly, children more frequently exposed to their fathers' drinking provided fathers with alcoholic beverages significantly more often than children less frequently exposed to their fathers' drinking. There was no effect of father's exposure on providing the females with alcoholic beverages, nor was there an effect of father's exposure on providing “other males” with alcohol. These patterns held after adjusting for age and sex. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that there are gender‐specific effects of exposure to parents' (particularly mothers') drinking on young children's perceptions of person‐specific drinking norms. The findings provide unique evidence in a young population group of effects on an understudied dimension of alcohol‐related perceptions with implications for future drinking behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-98262122023-01-09 Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol Cook, Megan Smit, Koen Voogt, Carmen Kuntsche, Sandra Kuntsche, Emmanuel Alcohol Clin Exp Res Behavior, Treatment and Prevention BACKGROUND: While consumption of alcohol does not often begin until early adolescence, young children are highly capable of internalizing normative information through observational learning. We used a longitudinal multiple‐informant family study to examine the impact of exposure to mothers' and fathers' drinking on young children's normative perceptions of who drinks alcohol. METHODS: Three hundred twenty‐nine children (4 to 6 years old at baseline [M (age) 4.78 (SD = 0.725)], 51% girls) completed the Dutch electronic appropriate beverage task [eABT] where they attributed alcoholic beverages to a variety of persons depicted in an illustrated scenario. Their parents completed an online survey that included information on alcohol use and exposure. RESULTS: Children more frequently exposed to their mothers' drinking provided females shown in the eABT illustrations with alcohol significantly more often than children less frequently exposed to mothers' drinking. There was no effect of mother's exposure on providing males in the eABT with alcoholic beverages. Similarly, children more frequently exposed to their fathers' drinking provided fathers with alcoholic beverages significantly more often than children less frequently exposed to their fathers' drinking. There was no effect of father's exposure on providing the females with alcoholic beverages, nor was there an effect of father's exposure on providing “other males” with alcohol. These patterns held after adjusting for age and sex. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that there are gender‐specific effects of exposure to parents' (particularly mothers') drinking on young children's perceptions of person‐specific drinking norms. The findings provide unique evidence in a young population group of effects on an understudied dimension of alcohol‐related perceptions with implications for future drinking behavior. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-09-16 2022-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9826212/ /pubmed/36112144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.14902 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Research Society on Alcoholism. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Behavior, Treatment and Prevention Cook, Megan Smit, Koen Voogt, Carmen Kuntsche, Sandra Kuntsche, Emmanuel Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
title | Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
title_full | Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
title_fullStr | Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
title_short | Effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
title_sort | effects of exposure to mother's and father's alcohol use on young children's normative perceptions of alcohol |
topic | Behavior, Treatment and Prevention |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826212/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36112144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.14902 |
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