The Relative Contributions of Parental and Sibling Substance Use to Adolescent Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drug Use

Abstract

While research demonstrates that parental tobacco and alcohol use increases the likelihood of children's substance use, it is unclear whether or not sibling use has a greater, weaker, or similar effect. Based upon self-reported information from Australian adolescents, their siblings and parents, this investigation examines the association between siblings' tobacco and alcohol use. The relationship is consistent, moderately strong, and remains significant when controlling for a number of familyrelated factors, indicating that the shared environment cannot fully explain the extent of similarity in siblings' behaviors. In addition, sibling substance use has a greater effect on adolescent substance use than does smoking or drinking by parents. These findings indicate the need to include siblings and information regarding sibling relationships in prevention and intervention programs.

Jongeren die opgroeien met een langdurig ziek, gehandicapt of verslaafd familielid: reden tot zorg

“…Spijbelen werd significant vaker gerapporteerd door jongeren met een verslaafde broer of zus dan door jongeren zonder ziek familielid. Overeenkomstig de resultaten uit eerder onderzoek 31 lijkt in dit onderzoek de relatie met genotmiddelengebruik en spijbelen sterker te zijn bij jongeren met een verslaafde broer of zus dan bij jongeren met een verslaafde ouder, hoewel niet met zekerheid gesteld kan worden dat de verschillen tussen deze twee groepen significant zijn. Een mogelijke verklaring die in de literatuur genoemd wordt is dat broers en/of zussen, met name in de puberteit, sterkere rolmodellen voor elkaar zijn dan de ouders omdat ze meer tijd, activiteiten en interesses met elkaar delen dan met de ouders.…”

“…Een mogelijke verklaring die in de literatuur genoemd wordt is dat broers en/of zussen, met name in de puberteit, sterkere rolmodellen voor elkaar zijn dan de ouders omdat ze meer tijd, activiteiten en interesses met elkaar delen dan met de ouders. 31 …”

Sibling popularity: A moderator of sibling influence for adolescent substance use

“…While parental substance use and sibling substance use are known risk factors (Fagan & Najman, 2005; Li, Pentz, & Chou, 2002; Needle et al, 1986; Trim et al, 2006), this study builds upon prior literature by elaborating on which siblings present more risk. Just as some parents present more risk than others (those using substances, in particular), some siblings generate more risk for substance use than others.…”

“…Research by Trim, Leuthe, and Chassin (2006) as well as Fagan and Najman (2005) found that younger sibling alcohol use was predicted by older sibling use, even after controlling for important confounders such as use at a previous time period, parental use and abuse, shared familial experiences, and mutual peers (Fagan & Najman, 2005; Trim et al, 2006). Fagan and Najman (2005) obtained parallel results for tobacco use while Griffin and colleagues (2002) found that sibling cigarette smoking predicted later marijuana use in adolescents. Parental monitoring and family relationship quality, in contrast, were negatively associated with substance use in adolescence (Van Ryzin et al, 2012).…”

School commitment and alcohol use: The moderating role of race and ethnicity.

“…Alcohol use, while a common behavior in American adolescent culture, is an illegal behavior and among adolescents has been found to be associated with risky and illegal behaviors (O'Malley & Johnston, 2003), increasing emotional distress (Crosnoe, Muller & Frank, 2004), and other negative psychological outcomes that may impact later life stages (Chassin, Pitts & DeLucia, 1999;Schulenberg & Maggs, 2002). Consistent with prior research (Chuang, Ennett, Bauman & Foshee, 2005;Fagan and Najman, 2005), alcohol use is measured as a dummy variable derived from the selfreported number of times that a student used alcohol (more than just a sip or two) in the past 30 days. It was measured based on responses to the following prompt: "On how many occasions (if any) have you had beer, wine or hard liquor during the past 30 days?"…”