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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: THE ADOLESCENT Volume 11 ADOLESCENT DRINKING AND FAMILY LIFE ADOLESCENT DRINKING AND FAMILY LIFE GEOFF LOWE, DAVID R. FOXCROFT and DAVID SIBLEY First published in 1993 by Harwood Academic Publishers This edition first published in 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1993 by Harwood Academic Publishers GmbH, Poststrasse 22, 7000 Chur, Switzerland. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. ISBN: 978-1-032-37655-4 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-032-38142-8 (Volume 11) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-38158-9 (Volume 11) (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-34373-8 (Volume 11) (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003343738 Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. ADOLESCENT DRINKING AND FAMILY LIFE Geoff Lowe, David R. Foxcroft and David Sibley University of Hull, UK harwood academic publishers Switzerland • Australia • Belgium • France • Germany • Great Britain India • Japan • Malaysia • Netherlands • Russia • Singapore • USA Copyright © 1993 by Harwood Academic Publishers GmbH, Poststrasse 22, 7000 Chur, Switzerland. All rights reserved. Harwood Academic Publishers Private Bag 8 3-14-9, Okubo Camberwell, Victoria 3124 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169 Australia Japan 58, rue Lhomond Emmaplein 5 75005 Paris 1075 AW Amsterdam France Netherlands Glinkastrasse 13-15 820 Town Center Drive O-1086 Berlin Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047 Germany United States of America Post Office Box 90 Reading, Berkshire RG1 8JL Great Britain Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lowe, Geoff, 1940- Adolescent drinking and family life / by Geoff Lowe, David R. Foxcroft & David Sibley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 3-7186-5413-X (hard). - ISBN 3-7186-5414-8 (soft) 1. Teenagers-Great Britain-Alcohol use. 2. Teenagers-Great Britain—Family relationships. I. Foxcroft, David R., 1963- II. Sibley, David.z. III. Title. HV5135.L69 1993 362.29'23'0835~dc20 93-19119 CIP No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Singapore. Contents List of illustrations and tables vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Chapter 1: Introduction and outline 1 SECTION 1: ALCOHOL AND TEENAGERS 13 Chapter 2: Alcohol, use and abuse 14 Chapter 3: Alcohol expectancies and reasons for drinking 28 Chapter 4: Psychosocial aspects of teenage drinking 40 SECTION 2: FAMILY DYNAMICS 48 Chapter 5: Family process 49 Chapter 6: The family socialization of teenage alcohol use 74 Chapter 7: Family profiles of teenage drinkers 104 SECTION 3: DOMESTIC SPACE AND FAMILY DYNAMICS 128 Chapter 8: Home environments 129 Chapter 9: Domestic space, modes of control, and problem drinking 149 SECTION 4: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 164 Chapter 10: Teenage drinking: home and family influences 165 Bibliography 182 Author Index 197 Subject Index 200 V List of illustrations and tables FIGURES Figure 5.1: The circumplex model 59 Figure 5.2: A two-dimensional classification of parenting patterns 62 Figure 6.1: The reciprocal relationship between behaviour, person and the environment 76 Figure 6.2: Odds of being a heavy drinker according to parental attitude and parental drinking 87 Figure 6.3: Family socialization factors which influence the development of teenage drinking 88 Figure 6.4: Family socialization: a model for teenage drinking 90 Figure 7.1: Mean drinker score: school year and sex 120 Figure 7.2: Mean drinker score: family support and control 121 Figure 7.3: Mean drinker score: parental attitude and family drinking 122 Figure 7.4: Mean drinker score: selected family profiles 125 Figure 8.1: Mixed and homogenous spatial arrangements 138 Figure 8.2: Private and public spaces in the home environment 140 Figure 9.1: Alternative partitions of domestic space 154 TABLES Table 3.1: Drinking behaviour - youth trainees 31 Table 3.2: Reasons for drinking: sex and alcohol use 32 Table 3.3: Mean number of reasons: sex and alcohol use 33 Table 5.1: Drinking behaviour variables identified in the meta-analysis 67 Table 5.2: Family variables identified in the meta-analysis 68 Table 5.3: Total significant and non-significant results for the relationship between drinking behaviour and family environment 68 Table 6.1: Total significant and non-significant results for the relationship between adolescent drinking behaviour and family social learning factors 81 Table 7.1: Drinking behaviour according to weekly consumption for adult drinkers and teenage drinkers 113 Table 7.2: Drinking behaviour—secondary school students 114 Table 7.3: ANOVA of drinker score and family socialization variables 119 Table 7.4: Seven distinct family profiles 124 Vll