An examination of pathways from childhood maltreatment to adolescent binge drinking

Citation

Shin, Sunny Hyucksun; Hong, Hyokyoung Grace; & Wills, Thomas A. (2012). An examination of pathways from childhood maltreatment to adolescent binge drinking. American Journal on Addictions. vol. 21 (3) pp. 202-209

Abstract

Considerable clinical and empirical evidence has accumulated over the past decades indicating that there is a strong association between childhood maltreatment and heavy episodic drinking in adolescence, but there is a paucity of empirically based knowledge about the processes linking the association. The aim of this paper is to examine mechanisms that might account for the association between childhood maltreatment and heavy episodic drinking in adolescence. Using a nationally representative sample of adolescents (ages ranging 12–21; N = 6,337), this study examined the role of individual self-regulatory processes in the associations, controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, peer substance use, parental alcoholism, and parent–child conflict. Factor analyses were used to test the measurement structure of self-regulatory processes. Findings confirmed the association between childhood maltreatment and heavy episodic drinking in adolescence. Structural modeling analyses indicated indirect effects for childhood maltreatment primarily through poor self-regulatory processes and peer substance use. Implications for future research are discussed.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1521-0391.2012.00227.x

Keyword(s)

Alcohol

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

American Journal on Addictions

Author(s)

Shin, Sunny Hyucksun
Hong, Hyokyoung Grace
Wills, Thomas A.

Year Published

2012

Volume Number

21

Issue Number

3

Pages

202-209

ISSN/ISBN

1055-0496

DOI

10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00227.x

Reference ID

1512