Children with problem-drinking parents in a Swedish national sample: is the risk of harm related to the severity of parental problem drinking?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this paper is to examine the link between severity in exposure to parental problem drinking in a Swedish national population sample of children aged 15-16 years. Specifically, we assessed whether the risk of poor health, poor relationships and a problematic school situation increase with severity in exposure to parental problem drinking.

Methods

National population survey from 2017 with a representative sample of 5 576 adolescents born in 2001. Logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). A short version of The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test, CAST-6, was used to identify children with problem-drinking parents. Health status, social relations and school situation were assessed by well-

SUBMITTER: Ramstedt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature