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ArticleAddictive behaviors2020

A Latent Class Analysis of Parental Alcohol and Drug Use: Findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

Emily Lowthian, Graham Moore, Giles Greene, Sara Madeleine Kristensen, Simon C Moore

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Article in Addictive behaviors, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily LowthianCentre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Electronic address: lowthianem@cardiff.ac.uk.
Graham MooreCentre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Giles GreeneDivision of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Sara Madeleine KristensenDepartment of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
Simon C MooreCrime and Security Research Institute, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Violence Research Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Cardiff University · GBUniversity of Bergen · NO

Funding

Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Medical Research Council MC_PC_19009Medical Research Council MR/K023233/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous measures of parental substance use have often paid limited attention to the co-occurrence of alcohol and drugs, or to the between-parent dynamics in the use of substances. These shortcomings may have important implications for our understandings of the relationship between parental substance use and child wellbeing. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a UK community-based cohort study from 1990 onwards (n = 9,451), we identified groups of parental substance use using latent class analysis. The 4-class solution offered the best fit, balancing statistical criteria and theoretical judgement. The results show distinct classes across the range of parental substance use, including very low users, low users, moderate users and heavy users. These classes suggest that substance use patterns among mothers are somewhat mirrored by those of their partners, while heavy use of alcohol by mothers and their partners is related to increased mothers drug use. We suggest that studies that investigate the effects of parental substance use on child wellbeing should pay greater attention to the dynamics of substance use by parental figures.

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Latent Class AnalysisParentsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMothersSubstance-Related DisordersUnited KingdomYoung AdultAlcoholALSPACDrugsLatent class analysisParentSubstance

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PMID31958709
PMCPMC7378565
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