Investigating Associations Between Perceived Parental Alcohol-Related Messages and College Student Drinking
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Objective A debate remains regarding whether parents should teach their children harm-reduction tips for using alcohol while in college or whether they should maintain a zero-tolerance policy. Which type of alcohol-related communication parents should endorse is not empirically clear. The current study made use of a longitudinal measurement-burst design to examine this issue. Method The sample consisted of 585 second-year students from a large university in the northeastern United States. Participants completed a baseline survey and 14 daily web-based surveys. Students were assessed for perceptions of parental alcohol-related messages and their own alcohol use. Multilevel models were estimated using HLM 6.04. Results The data indicate that zero-tolerance messages appeared most protective against alcohol use and consequences. Harm-reduction messages were most risky, even when compared with mixed messages or the absence of a message. Conclusions Findings indicate that a zero-tolerance approach was associated with safer outcomes than other messages, even if students were already using alcohol.
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Findings from cross-sectional studies from the 2010s suggest that phone calls and texting were far more prevalent than other forms of communication among parents and college students.
“Findings from cross-sectional studies from the 2010s suggest that phone calls and texting were far more prevalent than other forms of communication among parents and college students (Abar et al., 2012;Sax & Weintraub, 2014;Stein et al., 2016).”
From Daily Communication Between First-Year College Students and Their Parents: Associations With Perceived Relationship Positivity (2024) · cites this paper as Abar et al., 2012
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- Authors
- Abar, C. C., Morgan, N. R., Small, M. L., & Maggs, J. L.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Publisher
- Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 71-79
- ISSN
- 1937-1888 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-4114
- PMC
- PMC3237713
- OpenAlex
- W2075977828
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5
- FWCI
- 2.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA016016, F31AA018063)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Keywords
- college drinking, zero tolerance policy, harm reduction, parental communication
- MeSH terms
- Alcohol Drinking, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Perception, Persuasive Communication, Students, Universities, Young Adult
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