SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2016
Does parental drinking influence children's drinking? A systematic review of prospective cohort studies.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Household and Family Alcohol Use and Adolescent Behavioural Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Pooled it
- The Enduring Effects of Parental Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use on Child Well-being: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.Development and psychopathology · 2020Pooled it
- Does parental drinking influence children's drinking? A systematic review of prospective cohort studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Pooled it
- Does the Brazilian version of the strengthening families program (Familias Fortes) reduce adolescent substance use and change parental behavior? Evidence from a 2-year follow-up study.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Attitudes Towards Drinking in the Presence of Small Children: Do the Associations With Parenthood and Own Risky Drinking Change When Per Capita Alcohol Consumption Declines?Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Parental Substance Use Modeling and Monthly Alcohol, Cannabis, and E-Cigarette Use Among Female Adolescents and Young Adults.Translational issues in psychological science · 2026Article
- Associations between alcohol-related parenting factors and youth alcohol expectancies: considering the role of perceived friends' disapproval of alcohol use.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2026Article
- A Cognitive Model of Alcohol Use Among Taiwanese Adolescents: The Influence of Alcohol Expectancies and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Normalization of alcohol misuse and alcohol-related harms: a mixed methods analysis exploring alcohol misuse, morbidity, and healthcare engagement in people experiencing homelessness.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- Psychosocial factors associated with alcohol use in lower socioeconomic position populations: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Personalized Feedback in Parent-Based Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Adolescent Drinking.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- The role of perceived parent drinking motives on alcohol use among adolescents with and without childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- Too young to pour: the global crisis of underage alcohol use.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- The interrelation of parental alcohol use, parental practices, and binge drinking among secondary and high school students: analysis of a national survey.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Harms to children from men's heavy drinking: A scoping review.International journal of alcohol and drug research · 2024Article
- Australian parents' perceptions of the risks posed by harmful products to the health of children.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Parental health risk preferences, socio-economic status and offspring's alcohol behavior in South Africa.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Perceived parental alcohol problems and drinking patterns among adolescents in Sweden.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Heavy episodic drinking in adolescence and alcohol-related problems in adulthood: A developmental approach to alcohol use across the life course.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- Problematic familial alcohol use and adolescent outcomes: Do associations differ by parental education?Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2023Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
aimsTo evaluate evidence of the capacity for causal inference in studies of associations between parental and offspring alcohol consumption in the general population.
methodsA systematic search for, and narrative analysis of, prospective cohort studies of the consequences of drinking, except where assessed prenatally only, or with clinically derived instruments. Primary outcome measures were alcohol use or related problems in offspring, which were collected at least 3 years after exposure measures of parental drinking. The systematic review included 21 studies comprising 26,354 families or parent-child dyads with quantitative effect measures available for each study. Criteria for capacity of causal inference included (1) theory-driven approach and analysis; (2) analytical rigour; and (3) minimization of sources of bias.
resultsFour of the 21 included studies filled several, but not all, criteria and were assessed to have some capacity for causal inference. These four studies found some evidence that parental drinking predicted drinking behaviour in adolescent offspring. The remaining 17 studies had little or no such capacity.
conclusionsThere is a fairly large and consistent literature demonstrating that more parental drinking is associated with more drinking in offspring. Despite this, existing evidence is insufficient to warrant causal inferences at this stage.
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