“Everybody Else Is Doing It”—Norm Perceptions Among Parents of Adolescents

Gilligan, Conor; Thompson, Kara; Bourke, Jesse D.; Kypri, Kypros; Stockwell, Tim

doi:10.15288/jsad.2014.75.908

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“…Communities with a high level of parental supply create an environment that encourages all parents to supply their children with alcohol to a level that matches that of their peers [15]. In particular, when parents perceive their friends and peers have positive attitudes towards supplying alcohol to children, they relax their personal objections to adolescent drinking and become much more likely to give their own children alcohol [15]. In this way, the collective action of parents supplying children with alcohol in a region may create a context that increases adolescent alcohol use and its associated risks.…”

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Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent drinking: a multilevel analysis of nationally representative data

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BackgroundExisting research on parental supply of alcohol analyses the effects of self-reported parental supply on adolescent drinking using individual level data. This study examined the contextual effect of parental supply of alcohol on adolescent alcohol use by examining the association between the prevalence of parental supply in each Australian state and adolescent alcohol use using a multilevel analytic framework.MethodsAdolescent samples (Age: 12–17) were drawn from the four National Drug Strategy Household Surveys (2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013; N = 6803). The prevalence of parental supply of alcohol, defined as the weighted percentage of sample who reported obtaining alcohol from their parents, was estimated in each state and territory across the four surveys. Three multilevel logistic regressions were used to examine the contextual effects of parental supply prevalence on adolescents’ alcohol use in the past 12 months, weekly drinking and heavy drinking.ResultsOverall, adolescents’ rates of past 12 months alcohol use, heavy drinking and weekly drinking between 2004 and 2013 were 40.1, 14.4 and 6.4% respectively. The prevalence of parental supply was significantly associated with past 12 months alcohol use (OR = 1.06, p < .001) and heavy drinking (OR = 1.04, p < .001) but not with weekly drinking (OR = 1.03, p = .189). The results were adjusted for gender, age, socio-economic index for area, place of birth, survey year and prevalence of peer supply.ConclusionA high prevalence of parental supply in a region was associated with heavier adolescent drinking, regardless of whether adolescents primarily obtained their alcohol from their own parents.

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Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent drinking: a multilevel analysis of nationally representative data

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“…This change in the intervention community was specifically in reference to their own community, and misperceptions around underage drinking in the broader Australian community may still be present. However, this achievement in changing in the perceived prevalence of underage drinking is important—and was a primary goal of the intervention—as there is clear evidence that descriptive norms (perceptions that most teenagers drink) are a key driver of underage drinking and increasing evidence that they are also a driver of parental provision of alcohol .…”

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“…Changing the perceived prevalence of underage drinking is important as there is clear evidence that descriptive norms (perceptions that most teenagers drink) are a key driver of underage drinking and increasing evidence that they are also a driver of parental provision of alcohol . Increasing the age at which adults believe it is acceptable for young people to initiate alcohol use is important as known adults (including parents) are the primary providers of alcohol to children and adolescents.…”

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When are they old enough to drink? Outcomes of an Australian social marketing intervention targeting alcohol initiation

Jones

Andrews

Francis

et al. 2018

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…However, to date, no studies have examined parental beliefs regarding students’ experiences with alcohol‐related consequences. Multicomponent PBIs that reinforce to parents the need to express disapproval of underage alcohol use and alcohol‐related consequences and not conform to (misperceived) norms that “everyone else is doing it” (Gilligan et al., ), thus represent a cost‐effective and practical approach to reduce high‐risk drinking and related consequences during this vulnerable period.…”

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An Examination of the Relationship Between Consequence‐Specific Normative Belief Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Consequences Among College Students

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Cleveland

Mallett

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Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background Research has previously identified a high-risk subgroup of college students who experience high levels of multiple and repeated alcohol-related consequences (MRC group). The purpose of this study was to examine the association between consequence-specific normative influences and experiencing multiple and repeated drinking-related consequences using a person-centered approach. Normative subgroups were identified using latent profile analysis (LPA), which were then used to predict MRC group status at 6-month follow-up. Methods First-year college student drinkers (N=2024) at a large northeastern university completed online surveys during the fall and spring semesters of their freshman year. Retention was high with 92% of invited participants completing T2, of which the MRC group accounted for 27%. Results Three student profiles were identified from LPA on T1 data: Non Permissive Parents (77%), Positive Peer and Parent Norms (20%), and Permissive Parents (3%). Logistic regression revealed that both the Positive Peer and Parent Norms and Permissive Parents profiles had significantly higher odds of MRC group membership at follow-up (1.81 and 2.78 times greater, respectively). Conclusions The results suggest value in prevention efforts that include normative beliefs about alcohol-related consequences. Further, parental norms in particular have the potential to enhance interventions, especially through direct communication of disapproval for experiencing consequences.

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“Everybody Else Is Doing It”—Norm Perceptions Among Parents of Adolescents

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Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent drinking: a multilevel analysis of nationally representative data

Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent drinking: a multilevel analysis of nationally representative data

When are they old enough to drink? Outcomes of an Australian social marketing intervention targeting alcohol initiation

An Examination of the Relationship Between Consequence‐Specific Normative Belief Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Consequences Among College Students

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