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School Adjustment and Substance Use in Early Adolescent Boys: Association With Paternal Alcoholism With and Without Dad in the Home.
- Source :
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Journal of Early Adolescence . Aug2018, Vol. 38 Issue 7, p1008-1035. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The present study examined the association of paternal alcoholism with early adolescent boys’ school adjustment and substance use, and its moderation by paternal absence, controlling for parents’ socioeconomic resources. A community sample of 653 urban, low socioeconomic status (SES) families from Montreal, Canada, was assessed and information collected from parents, teachers, and adolescents’ self-reports, and school records. Paternal alcoholism was significantly associated with boys’ lower academic performance, lower grades, higher frequency of tobacco, marijuana and hard drugs use, of getting drunk, and using a variety of hard drugs. However, the separation from the alcoholic father represented a significant factor of moderation in regard to boys’ substance use: Sons of alcoholic fathers living with their dad in intact families were more likely to use tobacco and marijuana, to get drunk, and to use a variety of hard drugs than their peers not living with their alcoholic father, whether in single-mother or stepfamilies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ACADEMIC achievement
*ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
*PEOPLE with alcoholism
*ALCOHOLISM
*CANNABIS (Genus)
*FATHER-child relationship
*METROPOLITAN areas
*MOTHER-child relationship
*SCHOOL environment
*SELF-evaluation
*STEPFAMILIES
*SUBSTANCE abuse
*TEACHER-student relationships
*TEENAGERS' conduct of life
*AFFINITY groups
*HOME environment
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*TOBACCO products
*FATHERS' attitudes
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02724316
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Early Adolescence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130695879
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431617708054