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Title: Family Cohesion: The Link between Mother's Alcohol Use and Child's Substance Use
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1. Yin, Tao
Family Cohesion: The Link between Mother's Alcohol Use and Child's Substance Use
Presented: Washington, DC, The Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence: State of the Science Meeting, September 2002
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau International
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Children; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Family Environment; Parenting Skills/Styles; Substance Use; Well-Being

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Objective: Alcohol use continues to be a major problem in America. There are an estimated 17.5 million children in the United States, under age 18, who have at least one parent with an alcohol disorder. Studies have found that although all children are adversely affected by having a parent who is an alcoholic, a large number of children emerging from such homes have coped well. What are the factors that protect some children while others remain vulnerable? Existing studies have indicated that there exist some factors that mediate the effects of parental alcoholism on child's substance abuse. This study is aimed at assessing the mediating effects of family cohesion on the relationship between maternal alcohol use and children's substance usage. Study Design: It was a cross-sectional non-experimental study. Secondary analysis was conducted using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data obtained from the Department of Labor. Population, Sample, Setting, Years: The data from both the NLSY79 and its children's datasets in 1994 were used to obtain the study sample of 1381 mother-child dyads. All the children in this study were between 10 and 14 years old in 1994. Concept or Variables Studied: The concepts of interest are: mother's alcohol use, child's substance use, and family cohesion. In this study, mother's alcohol use is theoretically defined as the consumption of alcoholic beverage by a mother. Family cohesion is defined as the emotional bonding that family members have toward one another. Child's substance use is defined as the use of alcohol, cigarettes, and other illegal substances by a child. It is hypothesized that the link between mother's alcohol use and her child's own substance use is an indirect relationship. Family cohesion will mediate this relationship. All the concepts were measured using multiple items to minimize measurement error.
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Yin, Tao. "Family Cohesion: The Link between Mother's Alcohol Use and Child's Substance Use." Presented: Washington, DC, The Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence: State of the Science Meeting, September 2002.