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Title: Do Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Modify or Confound the Relationship Between Drinking Frequency and Alcohol-Related Aggression? A Study of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers
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Wells, Samantha L. Graham, Kathryn Speechley, Mark Koval, John J. |
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Do Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Modify or Confound the Relationship Between Drinking Frequency and Alcohol-Related Aggression? A Study of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers Addictive Behaviors 31,4 (April 2006): 661-675. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460305001516 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior, Violent; Poverty; Risk-Taking The present study examined whether predisposing and family background characteristics confounded (common cause/general deviance theory) or modified (conditional/interactive theory) the association between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression. A secondary analysis of the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth was conducted using a composite sample of drinkers, ages 17 to 21, from the 1994, 1996, and 1998 Young Adult surveys (n =602). No evidence of confounding of the relationship between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression was found. In addition, predisposing characteristics did not modify the association between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression. However, family background variables (mother's education and any poverty) were important explanatory variables for alcohol-related aggression among males, whereas recent aggression (fights at school or work) was an important predictor for females. Overall, lack of support for the conditional/interactive and common cause theories of the alcohol and aggression relationship suggests that alcohol has an independent explanatory role in alcohol-related aggression. In addition, the gender differences found in the present study highlight the need for more gender-focussed [sic] research on predictors of alcohol-related aggression, especially among adolescents and young adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright 2006 Elsevier] |
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Wells, Samantha L., Kathryn Graham, Mark Speechley and John J. Koval. "Do Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Modify or Confound the Relationship Between Drinking Frequency and Alcohol-Related Aggression? A Study of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers." Addictive Behaviors 31,4 (April 2006): 661-675.
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