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- Title
Exploring the role of self-esteem and parenting patterns on alcohol use and abuse among adolescents.
- Authors
Glozah, Franklin N.
- Abstract
The type of parental child-rearing practices used by parents and guardians substantially influence children's self-esteem and consequently their decision to engage in alcohol use, its abuse. The aim of this study was to explore the role of self-esteem and parenting patterns on alcohol use and abuse among adolescents. Three hundred and sixteen boys and girls in Senior High Schools completed self-report questionnaires assessing self-esteem, parenting patterns and alcohol use and abuse. The results showed that while girls reported lesser self-esteem than boys, boys reported higher levels of alcohol use and abuse than girls. Also, authoritative parenting pattern had a positive effect on self-esteem and a negative effect on alcohol use. On the other hand, authoritarian and permissive parenting patterns had negative effects on self-esteem and positive effects on alcohol use, with slight variations. These results provide valuable information regarding strategies aimed at fostering parent-child relationship and rapport with the ultimate aim of bolstering the self-esteem of adolescents to subsequently eschew insalubrious behaviour, particularly alcohol use and abuse.
- Subjects
SELF-esteem; PARENTING; ALCOHOL drinking; TEENAGERS; CHILD rearing; PARENT-child relationships
- Publication
Health Psychology Research, 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3, p83
- ISSN
2281-2075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/hpr.2014.1898