Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Addict Behav. 2020 Mar;102:106180. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106180. Epub 2019 Nov 11.
To examine differences in high-intensity drinking (HID) by parental status, parent age, and parent sex, including two- and three-way interaction effects of these parent demographic categories.
The present study included individuals ages 18-50 from the National Epidemiologic Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (2012-13), a sample of non-institutionalized adults in the US (N = 22,278). We calculated weighted estimates of past-year HID (≥10/≥8 standard drinks for men/women on a single occasion) for each parental status group (parents of young children <5, parents of children 5-17, not parents of children <18) overall and stratified by sex and stratified by age. We then examined the overall association of parental status and HID and tested for interactions of parental status × sex, parental status × age, and parental status × age × sex, while controlling for other relevant sociodemographic characteristics.
Prevalence of HID varied considerably by parental status, with 14.84% of parents with kids under age 5, 12.72% of parents with kids 5 to 17, and 23.15% of non-parents reporting HID. The strength of the associations of parenthood and HID were strongest for females and for older parents.
While parents engage in HID less than those who are not parents, a portion of parents of young and adolescent children do report heavy drinking. Younger parents and male parents, in particular, are at high risk for HID. Given the risks to children and parents, interventions focused on preventing HID among parents, especially fathers, could have significant public health impacts.
研究父母状况、父母年龄和父母性别对高强度饮酒（HID）的差异，包括这些父母人口统计学类别之间的二项和三项交互作用。
本研究包括来自国家酒精和相关条件流行病学研究-III（2012-13 年）的年龄在 18-50 岁的个体，这是美国非机构化成年人的样本（N=22278）。我们为每个父母状况组（<5 岁的幼儿父母、5-17 岁儿童的父母、<18 岁的非儿童父母）计算了过去一年 HID（≥10/≥8 标准饮料，男性/女性单次）的加权估计值，并按性别和年龄分层。然后，我们检查了父母状况与 HID 的总体关联，并检验了父母状况×性别、父母状况×年龄和父母状况×年龄×性别的相互作用，同时控制了其他相关社会人口统计学特征。
HID 的流行率因父母状况而异，<5 岁儿童的父母中有 14.84%、5-17 岁儿童的父母中有 12.72%、非父母中有 23.15%报告 HID。父母身份与 HID 之间的关联强度对于女性和年龄较大的父母最强。
虽然父母的 HID 饮酒行为少于非父母，但一部分年幼和青少年的父母确实报告了大量饮酒。特别是年轻父母和男性父母，HID 的风险很高。鉴于对儿童和父母的风险，针对父母，尤其是父亲，预防 HID 的干预措施可能会对公共卫生产生重大影响。
