Journal article
Regional versus urban differences in teenage alcohol use: Does parental disapproval account for these differences?
Australian Journal of Rural Health, Vol.24(1), pp.3-8
2016
PMID: 25850371
Abstract
Objective: To investigate if parental disapproval of alcohol use accounts for differences in adolescent alcohol use across regional and urban communities.
Design: Secondary data analysis of grade-level stratified data from a random sample of schools.
Setting: High schools in Victoria, Australia.
Participants: A random sample of 10 273 adolescents from Grade 7 (mean age = 12.51 years), 9 (14.46 years) and 11 (16.42 years).
Main outcome measures: The key independent variables were parental disapproval of adolescent alcohol use and regionality (regional/ urban), and the dependent variable was past 30 days alcohol use.
Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, adolescents in regional areas were more likely to use alcohol in the past 30 days (OR = 1.83, 1.44 and 1.37 for Grades 7, 9 and 11, respectively, P < 0.05), and their parents have a lower level of disapproval of their alcohol use (b = −0.12, −0.15 and −0.19 for Grades 7, 9 and 11, respectively, P < 0.001). Bootstrapping analyses suggested that 8.37%, 23.30% and 39.22% of the effect of regionality on adolescent alcohol use was mediated by parental disapproval of alcohol use for Grades 7, 9 and 11 participants respectively (P < 0.05).
Conclusions: Adolescents in urban areas had a lower risk of alcohol use compared with their regional counterparts, and differences in parental disapproval of alcohol use contributed to this difference.
Details
- Title
- Regional versus urban differences in teenage alcohol use: Does parental disapproval account for these differences?
- Authors
- Gary C K Chan (Author) - University of QueenslandAdrian B Kelly (Author) - University of QueenslandJason P Connor (Author) - University of QueenslandWayne Hall (Author) - University of QueenslandRoss Young (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyJohn W Toumbourou (Author) - Deakin UniversityJoanne Williams (Author) - Deakin University
- Publication details
- Australian Journal of Rural Health, Vol.24(1), pp.3-8
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- DOI
- 10.1111/ajr.12177
- ISSN
- 1440-1584
- PMID
- 25850371
- Organisation Unit
- Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99551705402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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