SynthesisDevelopment and psychopathology2020
The Enduring Effects of Parental Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use on Child Well-being: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parental drug use disorders and youth psychopathology: Meta-analytic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Pooled it
- Socioeconomic status and health behavior in children and adolescents: a systematic literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Family Needs Checklist: Development of a Mobile Application for Parents with Children to Assess the Risk for Child Maltreatment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial to improve fathering among fathers with substance use disorders: Fathering in recovery intervention.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Trial
- Unconditional cash transfers and maternal substance use: findings from a randomized control trial of low-income mothers with infants in the U.S.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Neonatal Outcomes Associated with Maternal-Factor-Related Diagnoses: Real-World Evidence from a National Inpatient Database (2010-2025).Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adolescent Cannabis Expectancies Are Associated With Parental Drug Use History Via Negative Urgency.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Violence against minors. Analysis of the phenomenon based on forensic medical examinations performed at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Poznan in 2015-2020.Archiwum medycyny sadowej i kryminologii · 2026Article
- Temporal trends, geographic patterns and predictors of chronic health conditions in Australian children: a mixed multilevel analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Understanding Child Maltreatment and Support Needs in Families with Problematic Parental Substance use.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2026Article
- Association Between Parental Smoking Status and Adolescent Mental Health: Population-Based Study.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2026Article
- Social Determinants of Health Patterns in Children with Severe Disease Due to SARS-CoV-2 Infection-An Exploratory Approach.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Combining family history and alcohol screening measures to identify emerging adults at risk of not being in education, employment, or training (NEET).Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- The role of occurrence and co-occurrence of adverse childhood experiences on oral health-related quality of life among adolescents.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Parental Opioid Misuse and Adolescent-Reported Positive Parenting Behaviors: An Analysis of Parent-Child Dyads From the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Reciprocal relationships between adolescent mental health difficulties and alcohol consumption.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Review of Studies Regarding Assessment of Families Where Children Are at Risk of Harm Due to Parental Substance Misuse.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- "Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors in children and adolescents: evidence from an Australian cohort".BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Association Between Childhood Experience of Living with a Heavy Drinker and Self-Rated Mental Health in the Adult General Population.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pre-pandemic predictors of parental substance use during COVID-19.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The effects of psychoactive substance abuse are not limited to the user, but extend to the entire family system, with children of substance abusers being particularly at risk. This meta-analysis attempted to quantify the longitudinal relationship between parental alcohol, tobacco, and drug use and child well-being, investigating variation across a range of substance and well-being indices and other potential moderators. We performed a literature search of peer-reviewed, English language, longitudinal observational studies that reported outcomes for children aged 0 to 18 years. In total, 56 studies, yielding 220 dependent effect sizes, met inclusion criteria. A multilevel random-effects model revealed a statistically significant, small detriment to child well-being for parental substance abuse over time (r = .15). Moderator analyses demonstrated that the effect was more pronounced for parental drug use (r = .25), compared with alcohol use (r = .13), tobacco use (r = .13), and alcohol use disorder (r = .14). Results highlight a need for future studies that better capture the effect of parental psychoactive substance abuse on the full breadth of childhood well-being outcomes and to integrate substance abuse into models that specify the precise conditions under which parental behavior determines child well-being.Registration: PROSPERO CRD42017076088.
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