Zhang L, Welte J W, Wieczorek W F
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 1997 Dec;32(14):2121-36. doi: 10.3109/10826089709035624.
Using data from males aged 16-19 in Buffalo, NY, the present study examines two social mechanisms by which parents and peers influence adolescent drinking--behavioral and attitudinal transmission--and compares the patterns of behavioral and attitudinal transmission for parents and for peers. The study also assesses the relative importance of parents and peers in accounting for adolescent alcohol behavior. The findings indicate that both alcohol behavior and attitudes of parents and peers are significant predictors of adolescent drinking. However, the prediction patterns are reversed. Parental attitudes are more important than parental alcohol behavior, while peer alcohol behavior is more important than peer attitudes. Overall, peers have more influence on adolescent drinking than parents. There is a significant interaction of parental alcohol-related attitudes and age, which indicates that parental alcohol-related attitudes exert a greater effect on younger (i.e., age 16-17) males' alcohol use.
本研究利用纽约州布法罗市16至19岁男性的数据，考察了父母和同伴影响青少年饮酒的两种社会机制——行为传递和态度传递，并比较了父母和同伴的行为传递与态度传递模式。该研究还评估了父母和同伴在解释青少年饮酒行为方面的相对重要性。研究结果表明，父母和同伴的饮酒行为及态度都是青少年饮酒的重要预测因素。然而，预测模式是相反的。父母的态度比父母的饮酒行为更重要，而同伴的饮酒行为比同伴的态度更重要。总体而言，同伴对青少年饮酒的影响比父母更大。父母与酒精相关的态度和年龄之间存在显著的交互作用，这表明父母与酒精相关的态度对较年轻（即16至17岁）男性的饮酒行为影响更大。
