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Mexican Adolescents' Alcohol Use, Family Intimacy, and Parent-Adolescent Communication

Kristy K. Martyn, PhD, FNP-BC, CPNP-PC

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, kmartyn{at}umich.edu

Carol J. Loveland-Cherry, RN, PhD, FAAN

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Antonia M. Villarruel, RN, PhD, FAAN

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Esther Gallegos Cabriales, PhD

Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de Los Garza, Mexico

Yan Zhou, MS, PhD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

David L. Ronis, PhD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Brenda Eakin, MS

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Despite widespread adolescent alcohol use, research on individual and contextual factors among Mexican adolescents is limited. This study describes the relationship between adolescent risk/protective factors, parent-adolescent communication, and their effects on alcohol use of 14- to 17-year-old adolescents living in Mexico (N = 829; 458 girls, 371 boys). In this study, adolescents reported that 55% ever used alcohol, 24% used alcohol in the past 30 days, and 10% reported binge drinking. Adolescents with high family intimacy were less likely to report ever using alcohol and binge drinking. Regression analysis revealed that parent-adolescent communication mediated the effect of family intimacy on overall and binge drinking. Alcohol use prevention with Mexican adolescents should focus on family intimacy and parent-adolescent communication.

Key Words: Mexican adolescents • alcohol use • family intimacy • parent-adolescent communication • family nursing

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 15, No. 2, 152-170 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709332865
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