Family Influences on Alcohol and Drug Use by American Indian Youth: Implications for Prevention
Abstract
Extensive research has focused on risk factors for and social influences on alcohol and drug use by adolescents. While peers tend to be most the influential, parents and families are also important, with specific parental behaviors and particular family dynamics identified in the literature as having a protective or risk effect on youth. However, this line of research has not examined the differences in family influence on youth of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This qualitative research study of American Indian adolescents identified both positive and negative influences on youth substance use by various family members within kinship groups. The widespread influence of specific kinship members on high-risk behaviors of American Indian youth has not been previously identified. These findings have significant implications for alcohol and drug prevention and intervention activities with American Indian youth.
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The limited availability of paternal role models who lead healthier life paths may leave youth without proactive coping strategies and render them more vulnerable to substance use.
“However, the limited availability of paternal role models who lead healthier life paths may leave youth without proactive coping strategies and render them more vulnerable to substance use [67].”
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Paternal substance use can lead to feelings of abandonment among children, potentially also contributing to substance use to alleviate the painful feelings.
“Moreover, paternal substance use can lead to feelings of abandonment among children, potentially also contributing to substance use to alleviate the painful feelings [67].”
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Fathers' alcohol consumption adversely impacts children as fathers can become neglectful.
“Fathers’ alcohol consumption adversely impacts children as fathers can become neglectful [67].”
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- Authors
- Hurdle, D. E., Okamoto, S. K., & Miles, B.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- ORCID
- Okamoto, Scott K.
- Venue
- Journal of Family Social Work
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2003-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 53-68
- ISSN
- 1052-2158 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-4072
- OpenAlex
- W1978280961
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Family Social Work (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Keywords
- Native American youth, adolescent substance use, alcohol consumption, drug use, family influence, kinship groups, parental influence, peer influence, substance use prevention
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