Taylor Nicholas, Callinan Sarah, Pennay Amy, Torney Alexandra, Livingston Michael
National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2025 May;44(4):1222-1228. doi: 10.1111/dar.14042. Epub 2025 Mar 9.
Adolescent alcohol consumption has declined in many high-income countries, with some evidence pointing toward shifts in parenting practices as a key driver. Parenting styles related to alcohol use may be influenced by the generation of the parent. This study aims to investigate the role of parental generation on alcohol consumption in 15-year-olds.
Data from 2904 15-year-old respondents were extracted from 18 annual waves (2002-2019) of a long-running Australian cohort study. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine whether parental birth cohort significantly differed between drinkers and abstainers, and whether that relationship changed across time. The birth year of the oldest parent was used to assign them to one of three cohorts. The child's socio-demographic variables (age, gender, socio-economic disadvantage, cultural background, school attendance and regionality) and family dynamics and structure (age of oldest parent at birth, number of parents, parental alcohol consumption, having an older sibling) were controlled for in the analyses.
Later survey wave (odds ratio 0.87) and attending school (odds ratio 0.23) decreased the likelihood of alcohol drinking for 15-year-olds. Having a parent who drinks (odds ratio 2.71), an older sibling (odds ratio 1.39), a single parent (odds ratio 1.68) and living outside a city (odds ratio 1.31) also predicted an increased likelihood of alcohol consumption. Having a parent from an earlier cohort was not significantly associated with adolescent alcohol consumption.
The study found no evidence to suggest that parents' birth cohort influenced adolescent alcohol consumption.
在许多高收入国家，青少年饮酒现象有所减少，一些证据表明育儿方式的转变是关键驱动因素。与饮酒相关的育儿方式可能会受到父母所属代际的影响。本研究旨在调查父母代际对15岁青少年饮酒行为的作用。
从一项长期的澳大利亚队列研究的18个年度波次（2002 - 2019年）中提取了2904名15岁受访者的数据。采用逻辑回归分析来确定饮酒者和不饮酒者的父母出生队列是否存在显著差异，以及这种关系是否随时间变化。最年长父母的出生年份被用于将他们分配到三个队列之一。分析中控制了孩子的社会人口统计学变量（年龄、性别、社会经济劣势、文化背景、上学情况和地区性）以及家庭动态和结构（出生时最年长父母的年龄、父母数量、父母饮酒情况、有年长的兄弟姐妹）。
较晚的调查波次（优势比0.87）和上学（优势比0.23）降低了15岁青少年饮酒的可能性。有饮酒的父母（优势比2.71）、年长的兄弟姐妹（优势比1.39）、单亲家庭（优势比1.68）以及居住在城市以外地区（优势比1.31）也预示着饮酒可能性增加。父母来自较早队列与青少年饮酒行为无显著关联。
该研究没有发现证据表明父母的出生队列会影响青少年饮酒行为。
