Financial stress and drinking during the transition to adulthood: The role of parental financial support

Citation

Serido, Joyce; Pollitt, Amanda M.; Muraco, Joel A.; Conger, Katherine J.; & Russell, Stephen T. (2018). Financial stress and drinking during the transition to adulthood: The role of parental financial support. Emerging Adulthood.

Abstract

We investigated the concurrent and prospective associations between financial stress and drinking during the transition to adulthood in the United States, drawing from two distinct stress and coping perspectives as competing explanations for the direction of associations: the Transactional Model of Stress and the Conservation of Resources (CoR) model. Because many emerging adults rely on continuing financial support from parents, we examined the role of parental support on these associations. We tested these associations using longitudinal structural equation modeling with data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 9,026) collected at two time points: early emerging adulthood (ages 18?26) and 5 years later. Consistent with CoR, financial stress reduced concurrent drinking. Furthermore, parental financial support reduced adult children?s financial stress but increased drinking in early emerging adulthood. We discuss the findings in regard to facilitating the transition to adulthood.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818785555

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Emerging Adulthood

Author(s)

Serido, Joyce
Pollitt, Amanda M.
Muraco, Joel A.
Conger, Katherine J.
Russell, Stephen T.

Year Published

2018

Edition

July 22, 2018

ISSN/ISBN

2167-6968

DOI

10.1177/2167696818785555

Reference ID

8477