Factors Influencing Adolescent Alcohol Consumption: Parents And Depression

Pavel Valedinsk, Valeriya Ivanyushina (), Daniel Alexandrov () and Daria Khodorenko ()
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Pavel Valedinsk: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Valeriya Ivanyushina: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Daniel Alexandrov: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Daria Khodorenko: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: Alcohol use is a common form of risky consumption among adolescents. Little research has been carried out on the influence of such factors as parental control, relationships with parents, and teenage feelings of depression on the frequency of alcohol consumption among adolescents in Russia. In this paper, structural models were developed to describe the influence of these factors on adolescent alcohol consumption and the relationship between the factors. Alcohol consumption in adolescents is represented in the work in two ways: casual alcohol use and binge drinking (the consumption of four or more servings of alcohol at a time). The respondents were students at vocational schools who participated in a longitudinal project to study the risky behavior of adolescents in St. Petersburg. Four waves of the survey were used: 1, 5, 6 & 7. According to the results, the strongest direct negative effect on alcohol consumption is caused by parental monitoring. However, the direct influence of monitoring on adolescent alcohol consumption was significant in Wave 1. But in Wave 6, this influence was insignificant, which can partially be explained by the age of the respondents, most of whom were already adults at the moment of completing the questionnaire in Wave 6. Regarding the relationship with parents, no direct influence on alcohol consumption was detected—only an indirect effect mediated by parental monitoring. The positive correlation between the relationship with parents and the level of monitoring was significant in Waves 1 and 7. The level of depression in adolescents was a significant predictor of drinking behavior only in the model describing alcohol consumption as the frequency of casual drinking. In the models describing binge drinking, this relationship was insignificant. In all models, there was a stable negative relationship between the relationship with parents and depression in adolescents

Keywords: alcohol consumption; adolescents; vocational school; parental control; parental monitoring; depression; structural equation modeling (SEM); longitudinal study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2023
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Published in WP BRP Series: Sociology / SOC, July 2023, pages 1-26

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