ABSTRACT
This research evaluated the extent to which parental codependence was associated with adolescent substance use and other adolescent problem behaviors. The sample was comprised of 293 adolescents and their parents who were interviewed by trained intake workers. Using LISREL modeling, we found that the number of adolescent problem behaviors was associated with parental persecuting, suffering, and rescuing behaviors. Net of problem behaviors, adolescent substance use was associated with parental suffering but not with parental persecution or rescuing. As expected, there was a strong association between adolescent problem behaviors and substance use. The associations of substance use and problem behaviors with codependence were not moderated by religious preference or by being a member of a religion that teaches abstinence.
Subject(s)
Alcoholism/psychology , Codependency, Psychological , Parent-Child Relations , Substance-Related Disorders/psychology , Acting Out , Adolescent , Alcoholism/rehabilitation , Child , Female , Humans , Juvenile Delinquency/psychology , Juvenile Delinquency/rehabilitation , Male , Personality Assessment/statistics & numerical data , Psychometrics , Substance-Related Disorders/rehabilitationABSTRACT
This study is a secondary analysis of data gathered under the sponsorship of the Utah State Division of Alcoholism and Drugs in 1989. The researchers concluded that there is a difference in frequency of alcohol use, source of alcohol, and age of first alcohol use among LDS, Other Religions and No Religion subgroups. There is no significant difference found among the various religious subgroups for age of first marijuana use of quantity of alcohol use. For all religions except Jews, a lower percentage of Utahns used alcohol than their national counterparts. A theoretical model for LDS Drug use is presented.
